Ebook: Social welfare in East Asia and the Pacific

"In this singular collection, indigenous experts describe the social welfare systems of fifteen East Asian and Pacific Island nations and locales. Vastly understudied, these lands offer key insight into the successes and failures of Western and native approaches to social work, suggesting new directions for practice and research in both local and global contexts. Combining international experiences and professional knowledge, contributors illuminate the role of history and culture in shaping the social welfare systems of Cambodia, China, Hong Kong (SAR, China), Indonesia, Malaysia, the Micronesian region (including the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam [Unincorporated Territory, U.S.A.], Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands [Commonwealth, U.S.A.], and Palau), Samoa and American Samoa (Unincorporated Territory, U.S.A.), South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. The contributors link the values and issues that concern populaces most to the development of social work practice, policy, and research. Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto then conducts a comparative analysis of the essays including their data and social service programs, highlighting the similarities and differences between ..." --Publisher description.;Overview of social welfare in East Asia and the Pacific / Sharlene B.C.L. Furuto -- China's changing social welfare / Minjie Zhang -- Understanding social welfare in South Korea / Jun Sung Hong [and others] -- Social welfare in Hong Kong: colonial legacy and challenges for the HKSAR / Venus Tsui, Alvin Shiulain Lee, and Ernest Chui Wing-tak -- Social welfare and social work development in Taiwan / Li-ju Jang and Pei-jen Tsai -- Social welfare and social work in Thailand / Jitti Mongkolnchaiarunya and Nuanyai Wattanakoon -- Social welfare and social work in Indonesia / Adi Fahrudin -- The dynamics of social welfare: the Malaysian experience / Azlinda Azman and Sharima Ruwaida Abbas -- Social work for a sustainable Micronesian region / Vivian Dames [and others] -- Social welfare in the Samoan Islands: a comparison of two models / Kenneth E. Galea'i -- Cambodia: social welfare renewed / Thy Naroeun, Ammon Padeken, and Sharlene B.C.L. Furuto -- Social welfare contrasted in East Asia and the Pacific / Sharlene B.C.L. Furuto.