Comparative Welfare Capitalism in East Asia

The author aims to develop conceptual refining and theoretical reframing of the productivist welfare capitalism thesis in order to address a set of questions concerning whether and how productivist welfarism has experienced both continuity and change in East Asia.

Kim's main thesis is compelling, and any graduate reading list on East Asian social policy would be enriched by the addition of this text, as it succinctly challenges the orthodoxy that there is a singular welfare model for East Asia in a cogent and accessible manner. (Tom Emery, Social Policy Administration, Vol. 53 (3), May, 2018)

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Mason M. S. Kim is Assistant Professor, Spelman College, USA. He received his PhD in comparative politics from the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include the impact of electoral rules and party systems on welfare state development in developing democracies.