Transforming the developmental welfare states in East Asia

Huck-ju Kwon

Working Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This article attempts to explain changes and continuity in the developmental welfare states in Korea and Taiwan Province of China (hereafter Taiwan) within the East Asian context. It first elaborates two strands of welfare developmentalism (selective vs. inclusive), and establishes that the welfare state in those countries fell into the selective category of developmental welfare states before the Asian economic crisis of 1997. Secondly, this paper argues that the policy reform toward an inclusive welfare state in Korea and Taiwan was triggered by the need for structural reform in the economy. Lastly, this paper argues that the idea of an inclusive developmental welfare state should be explored in the wider context of economic and social development.

Keywords: Developmental Welfare State; Social Policy; Korea; Taiwan; East Asia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 I38 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-hap and nep-sea
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