Telling the untold story of explosion, stagnation and continuation of welfare state system financing in Asia: an introduction / Christian Aspalter -- A pas de trois in social policy theory: understanding the financing of welfare state systems / Christian Aspalter -- Financing the welfare state...

This paper sets out to summarize major conundrums, and some of their solutions, in pension reform policy of the years ahead, with particular reference to the Asia-Pacific Region, and here again, Japan and Thailand. The repercussions for non-action pertaining to the reform and overhaul of public...

This book focuses on the transition of welfare state systems in developing countries in Latin America, Eastern-Central Europe and Asia, while refering to their particular political and economic development contexts. It is one of the few books available that compares these three world regions,...