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Lin, Wan-I.

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Social welfare development in Taiwan: An integrated theoretical explanation.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Social welfare development in Taiwan: An integrated theoretical explanation./
Author:	Lin, Wan-I.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1990,
Description:	235 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 52-08, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International52-08A.
Subject:	Social work. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9103790

Social welfare development in Taiwan: An integrated theoretical explanation.
Lin, Wan-I.

Social welfare development in Taiwan: An integrated theoretical explanation. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1990 - 235 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 52-08, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1990.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Since the 1960s several theories of welfare state development have been advanced, which emphasize causal factors such as, industrialization, social ethos, diffusion, working-class struggle, and state structure. Studies employing these theories have focused principally on international comparisons, trying to discover a universal explanatory model of welfare state development. These studies, however, have been based almost exclusively on the experiences of the developed countries in the West. To date, little systematic study has been undertaken to test the applicability of these theories to the developing countries. In this study, an integrated approach based on the five above-mentioned theories is adopted to examine the longitudinal development of Taiwan's welfare state from the Ch'ing dynasty through the 1980s. The study asks three basic questions: first, how did Taiwan's social welfare institutions arise? second, what variables best explain their expansion? and third, what rearrangement of national priorities will result in more resources for welfare state usage? The origins of Taiwan's social welfare institutions were similar to those of other developing nations in which colonial administrators and missionaries played important roles. A significant difference, however, was that traditional Confucian social philanthropy deeply influenced Taiwan's social welfare development. The Chinese family, kinship system, neighborhood, and gentry played essential roles in social protection in the past. And the family and community are still expected to match and supplement the state's responsibility for social protection. Structural determinants show that the development of Taiwan's welfare state has lagged behind the dramatic economic growth during the past three decades. The weak working-class within the corporatist structure could not sufficiently press for social policy-making change. Instead, the Nationalist government on Taiwan used its leverage to promote a marginal welfare model, with the main portion of the welfare provisions being delivered to military and public employees. Workers and other peripheral groups have received relatively limited welfare benefits.Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Social work.

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