The welfare state issue has captured great interest in the field of
political economics
from a number of developed countries ever since the Second World War.
The characteristics of welfare systems and welfare policies and the role
of the welfare state in economic development are among the issues of
most concern. The literature has categorised welfare states into three
models - liberal, conservative, and social democratic regimes -
following Gosta Esping-Andersen’ s concept (Esping-Andersen, 1990).
Recently, research works on East Asian social welfare have however,
considered East Asia as a particular regime differing from the three
above models, which Holliday (2000) named as a “productivist” regime.
Being an East Asian country, over the past few decades, Korean social
welfare has had a number of “productivist” characteristics. However,
after the Asian financialcrisis in 1997, Korea experienced a
significant reform in its welfare system (Kim, 2006). What are the
factors that forced the Korean welfare system to reform? What are the
distinguishing characteristics of the Korean welfare system? What are
the challenges facing Korea regarding the improvement of the welfare
system in order to fit in with the new development context? These are
the questions that this paper would like to explore and to develop some
possible answers
| Title: | The Korean Social Welfare System Issues in the New Context of Development |
| Authors: | Phạm, Thị Hồng Điệp |
| Keywords: | East Asia, Korea, reform, social welfare system, welfare model. |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Publisher: | H. : ĐHQGHN |
| Series/Report no.: | Vol. 31;No. 2 (2015) |
| Abstract: | The
welfare state issue has captured great interest in the field of
political economics
from a number of developed countries ever since the Second World War.
The characteristics of welfare systems and welfare policies and the role
of the welfare state in economic development are among the issues of
most concern. The literature has categorised welfare states into three
models - liberal, conservative, and social democratic regimes -
following Gosta Esping-Andersen’ s concept (Esping-Andersen, 1990).
Recently, research works on East Asian social welfare have however,
considered East Asia as a particular regime differing from the three
above models, which Holliday (2000) named as a “productivist” regime.
Being an East Asian country, over the past few decades, Korean social
welfare has had a number of “productivist” characteristics. However,
after the Asian financialcrisis in 1997, Korea experienced a
significant reform in its welfare system (Kim, 2006). What are the
factors that forced the Korean welfare system to reform? What are the
distinguishing characteristics of the Korean welfare system? What are
the challenges facing Korea regarding the improvement of the welfare
system in order to fit in with the new development context? These are
the questions that this paper would like to explore and to develop some
possible answers |
| Description: | p. 38-50 |
| URI: | http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/56310 |
| ISSN: | 2588-1108 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics and Business |
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