Social citizenship rights and the welfare circle dilemma: Attitudinal findings of two Chinese societies

Asian Social Work and Policy Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Wong, Chack Kie ^a   Wang, Kate Yeong Tsyr ^b   Kaun, Ping Yin ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese welfare; Culture; Social citizenship; Welfare circle; Welfare rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149096487     PISSN: 17531403     EISSN: 17531411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-1411.2008.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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