A Postscript on Taiwanese Welfare Development after 1990

Yeun-wen Ku
Additional contact information
Yeun-wen Ku: National Chi-Nan University

A chapter in Welfare Capitalism in Taiwan, 1997, pp 247-249 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Taiwan in the 1990s is facing political, economic, and social change. Political democratization has created an environment in which varied issues can be propounded, discussed and debated among different groups in various social settings, including television programmes. Economic globalization means that seeking to join international organizations like GATT, WTO and APEC is the most important strategy adopted by the KMT to surmount the political isolation forced on Taiwan by China, and also to promote further economic development in the competitive world market, especially under the shadow of large and area economies. Social reform is proceeding with the significant development of state welfare provision not only through the National Health Insurance Scheme but also in a pension policy. These became important elements in Taiwan’s profile after 1990.

Keywords: National Health Insurance Scheme; Political Democratization; Pension Policy; Professional Social Worker; Social Welfare Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37787-5_11

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.palgrave.com/9780230377875

DOI: 10.1057/9780230377875_11

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().