East Asian social policy in the wake of the financial crisis: Farewell to productivism?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 145-162

  Holliday, Ian ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian financial crisis; East Asia; Productivism; Social policy

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 11344277321     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573052708465     Document Type: Review

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