Social Security Policy in Hong Kong

From British Colony to China's Special Administrative Region

By (author) Chak Kwan Chan

Publication date:

22 August 2011

Length of book:

260 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

237x161mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780739149546

For more than four decades, free market economists and right-wing politicians have touted Hong Kong as a model of capitalism and a market economy success story. Social Security Policy in Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region of China, by Chak Kwan Chan, argues that Hong Kong's capitalism is not the result of democratic choice but the consequence of an administrative-led polity that has had suppressed democracy, limited trade unions' activities, and manipulated traditional Chinese welfare ideologies to maintain a small government. Social Security Policy in Hong Kong is the first book that systematically analyzes the dynamic relationships between Hong Kong's polity, Chinese welfare ideologies, and social security provisions from British colonial rule to China's special administrative region.

Chapter 1 List of Tables
Chapter 2 Abbreviations
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Chapter One: Hong Kong Social Policy and Chinese Welfare Ideologies
Chapter 5 Chapter Two: Co-Optive Politics and Welfare Constraints
Chapter 6 Chapter Three: Legitimacy and Chinese Welfare Ideologies
Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Traditional Chinese Welfare Ideologies
Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies Before 1945
Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies: 1945–1967
Chapter 10 Chapter Seven: Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies: 1968–1997
Chapter 11 Chapter Eight: Postcolonial Polity and Welfare Approach
Chapter 12 Chapter Nine: Postcolonial Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies
Chapter 13 Chapter Ten: Chinese Welfare Ideologies and Hong Kong's Capitalism
Chapter 14 Bibliography
Chapter 15 Index

Chak Kwan Chan’s Social Security in Hong Kong is a well-written book on Hong Kong’s social welfare policies. ... [T]his is an informative book which serves as a useful textbook or background reference for the study of Hong Kong society.