Welfare Capitalism in Taiwan: State, Economy and Social Policy

by Yeun-Wen Ku

This book explores the development of state welfare in Taiwan, focusing on the interconnection between capitalist development and state welfare from 1895 to 1990, using an integrated Marxist perspective to which the capitalist world system, state structure, ideology, and social structure are considered simultaneously. It argues that neither citizenship nor welfare needs were the concern of Taiwanese social policies. A decline in legitimacy and risen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312174160
• ISBN13: 9780312174163
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.8"