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Towards Solving the Independent Variable Problem
How comparable are the results that emerge from different approaches to operationalising the welfare state as an independent variable and how can we...
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Welfare, Governance, and Street-level Bureaucracy: Links and Research Gaps
This chapter offers a detailed review of the literature about branches of research that are associated with questions of how the state cooperates...
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Is guanxi unfair? Market reform and the public attitude toward guanxi in urban China
Guanxi is a fundamental, but controversial, feature of Chinese society. This article examines public attitudes about the fairness of guanxi and how...
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Introduction
The welfare state is an integral part of western industrialised democracies. While its most obvious function is to provide a safety net for...
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Fiscal Supplementary Reforms Associated with the Household Registration System Reform
The crux of the dual household registration system in China lies in that the household registration system undertakes additional social management...
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Family-Related Values in South Korea: Temporal Changes and Cross-National Differences
Bongoh Kye examined family-related values in South Korea from a comparative perspective. As a step toward develo** a comprehensive framework to...
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Financial Crisis and Institutional Countermeasures Amid China’s Social Welfare Reconstruction
The impact of the financial crisis on China and western developed countries has demonstrated different characteristics. The financial crisis was a...
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Is the Intergenerational Social Contract Under Pressure? Studying Age Cleavages in Attitudes Towards Government Support for the Young and the Old
While the COVID-19 pandemic seemingly juxtaposes the interests of older and younger age cohorts, there is an ongoing discussion about the balance...
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A comparison of question order effects on item-by-item and grid formats: visual layout matters
Question order effect refers to the phenomenon that previous questions may affect the cognitive response process and respondents’ answers. Previous...
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A Conceptual Framework for Quality Improvement of Senior Housing Programs
The growing number of older people has become a critical social and economic challenge globally. In Taiwan, the proportion of people aged 65 and over...
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Introduction: Globalization, Economic Reform and Social Welfare in India and China
The purpose of this chapter is to critically examine the social welfare reforms of both India and China after 1978 and its effect on the welfare of...
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Changes on Children’s Palace and Fulfillment of Child Welfare in China
Most of Chinese child welfare studies focus on the special welfare to orphaned, disabled and poor children, not the universal welfare to all...
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Traditions, Values and Religion: Social Welfare in India and China
This Chapter examines the underlying philosophies of India and China and whether they have played a role in sha** the welfare narrative over the...
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Schoolwork by Mothers* and Fathers* Under Conditions of Societal Inequality
This chapter presents findings from research on the transition from kindergarten to school from the parents’ perspective. The study presented...
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Why Hong Kong People Rebel: The Role of Economic Frustration, Political Discontent and National Identity in Non-Institutional Political Participation
There are ongoing debates regarding the causes of social movements in recent decades in Hong Kong. Whether economic frustration or political...
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Welfare State Responses and Social Workers’ Attitudes Towards Syrians in Turkey
The interaction between people and welfare regimes depends on tricky political relationships that reflect ideas of citizenship, gender and kinship...
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Why so moderate? Understanding millennials’ views on the urban housing affordability crisis in the post-socialist context of the Czech Republic
The housing affordability crisis is one of the most pressing issues in urban centres around the globe, affecting especially young adults. Some...
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Health Inequalities and Ethics of Responsibility: A Comparative Ethnography
This chapter develops comparative reflections on healthcare practices in Italy and the UK. Although they share a constitutionally declared goal of...
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Thinking Social Economy from the Social Side: A Mutual Relationship Between Social Work and Management in the Social Economy
With regard to German academic programmes in social economy and social work management, it can be noted that they are currently based on an...
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Disability, Social Welfare Policy and Elderly in India and China
Disability and ageing in most of the develo** world in general are relatively ignored social phenomenon as other pressing socioeconomic problems...