Welfare Capitalism in Southeast Asia
Subtitle: Social Security, Health and Education Policies (International Political Economy)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: April 22, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780312230166
Subjects: Economic systems; Social welfare & social services; Welfare Economics; History; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; History: World; ASIA; Government - Comparative; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Political Science / Economic Conditions; Political Science-Government - Comparative; Political Science-Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Social Science / General; Asia - General; General; Asia, Southeastern; Case studies; Economic Conditions; Education and state; Medical policy; Social Policy; Social security
First sentence: Southeast Asia's fame is built on its dazzling economic growth, and the role economic policies are said to have played in promoting such growth, rather than its social policy innovations.