Unit name | Public and Social Policy in East Asia |
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Unit code | SPOLM0056 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Izuhara |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit develops student's understanding of the analysis of public and social policy in comparative, international perspectives, focusing particularly on societies in East Asia. Significant social and economic transformations since the 1990s have brought public and social policy issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. The impact of financial crises, subsequent economic downturn and demographic change has raised issues about the sustainability of previous patterns of welfare provision and shifted the direction of policy development. It adopts a regional approach to critically examine policy challenges and development in East Asia.
The unit has two components: the first set of sessions will provide students contexts and theoretical debates about East Asian welfare regimes (e.g. productivism, developmentalism), the role of different sectors (the state, the market, civil society) and more substantive discussions of governance, social rights, inequality and the contemporary political-economy of East Asia; In the second part, these discussions are then linked to specific policy themes including labour market and social protection.
This unit aims to provide students with an:
On successful completion of the unit, students will have developed:
Lectures, student presentation, small and large group discussions.
1 x 4000 word assignment (100%) reflecting the learning outcomes listed above.
Izuhara, M. (ed) (2013) Handbook on East Asian Social Policy, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Chan, RKH, Wang L and Takahashi, M. (Eds) (2010) Risk and Public Policy in Changing Asian Societies, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Mok, KH and Forrest, R (Eds) (2009) Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia, London, Routledge.
Ngok, K and Chan, CK (Eds) (2016) China’s Social Policy: Transformation and challenges, London: Routledge.
Adachi, Y., Hosono, S. and Iio, J. (Eds) (2015) Policy Analysis in Japan, Bristol: Policy Press.