Ageing in East Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries ... Lees meer

Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Since the mid-1980s, mass migration from the countryside to urban areas has been one of the most dramatic and noticeable changes in China. Labour migr... Lees meer

Towards Responsible Government in East Asia

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• This book explores the idea of responsible government in East Asia, arguing that many recent governance crises have resulted from responsibility failu... Lees meer

Towards a New Development Paradigm in Twenty-First Century China

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• This book argues that the current state of China requires an important paradigm shift in the way the party-state manages the country's development, an... Lees meer

Hong Kong's Global Financial Centre and China's Development

Yan-Leung Cheung, Yuk-Shing Cheng, Chi-Keung Woo

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• This book provides an overview of Hong Kong's role as an international financial centre, focusing especially on how Hong Kong has contributed signific... Lees meer

Public Policymaking in Hong Kong

Eliza W Y Lee, Elaine Y M Chan, Joseph C W Chan

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Why and how has civic engagement emerged in the policy process of Hong Kong as an Asian semi-democratic state? This book attempts to answer this quest... Lees meer

Cultural Exclusion in China

Lin Yi

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority group... Lees meer

The Emergent Knowledge Society and the Future of Higher Education

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• The nature of higher education is by no means fixed: it has evolved over time; different models of higher education co-exist alongside each other at p... Lees meer

Nations, National Narratives and Communities in the Asia-Pacific

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia | nr. 14
• Many states in the Asia Pacific region are not built around a single homogenous people, but rather include many large, varied, different national grou... Lees meer

The Changing Policy-Making Process in Greater China

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• This book explores how the policy-making process is changing in the very volatile conditions of present day mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It c... Lees meer

China's Social Policy

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• This book critically and comprehensively examines China's welfare development amidst its rapid economic growth and increasing social tensions. It cove... Lees meer

Globalizing China - Social and Governance Reforms

Ka Ho Mok

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Unlike most books which consider China's transformation and globalization over the last four decades by focusing on China's economic growth, this book... Lees meer

Government and Policy-Making Reform in China

Bill K P Chou

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• China's rapid economic development has not translated automatically into political development, with many of its institutions still in need of major r... Lees meer

New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Social policy in modern industrialised societies is increasingly challenged by new social risks. These include insecure employment resulting from ever... Lees meer

Cultural Exclusion in China

Lin Yi

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority group... Lees meer

Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda... Lees meer

Welfare Reform in East Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• In many Western countries, social welfare payments are increasingly being made conditional on recipients doing voluntary work or attending job trainin... Lees meer

China's Social Welfare Revolution

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• The Chinese government has recently adopted a radical welfare approach by contracting out social services to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Th... Lees meer

Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia | nr. 7
• Harmony has become a major challenge for modern governance in the twenty-first century because of the multi-religious, multi-racial and multi-ethnic c... Lees meer

Trends in Chinese Education

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• This book considers a wide range of key developments and key areas of debate in China's education system. Marketization, quality assurance, and issues... Lees meer

China's Assimilationist Language Policy

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• China has huge ethnic minorities - over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China's policies towards minority l... Lees meer

China's Civil Service Reform

Wang Xiaoqi

• Hardcover | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• As part of China’s overall reform process, China’s civil service has also been reformed, beginning in the late 1970s, undergoing a major change in 199... Lees meer

Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China

• Paperback | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia
• Since the mid-1980s, mass migration from the countryside to urban areas has been one of the most dramatic and noticeable changes in China. Labour migr... Lees meer

Government and Policy-Making Reform in China

Bill K P Chou

• Hardcover | Engels | Comparative Development and Policy in Asia | nr. 6
• China's rapid economic development has not translated automatically into political development, with many of its institutions still in need of major r... Lees meer