Social policy and poverty in east Asia the role of social security /

• Other Authors: Midgley, James., Tang, Kwong-Leung.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Routledge research on public and social policy in Asia ; 3.
• Subjects: Social security > East Asia.; Poverty > East Asia.; Poverty.; Social security.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.; East Asia > Social policy.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Item Description: Title from PDF title page (viewed Oct. 5, 2009).; This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2009.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780203874097 (electronic bk.); 0203874099 (electronic bk.)

This book looks at the role of social policy, particularly social security, in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region's spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades.