Social Security Policy in Hong Kong

From British Colony to China's Special Administrative Region

By (author) Chak Kwan Chan

Hardback - £97.00

Publication date:

22 August 2011

Length of book:

260 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739149546

For more than four decades, free market economists and right-wing politicians have touted Hong Kong as a model of capitalism and a market economy success story. Social Security Policy in Hong Kong: From British Colony to Special Administrative Region of China, by Chak Kwan Chan, argues that Hong Kong's capitalism is not the result of democratic choice but the consequence of an administrative-led polity that has had suppressed democracy, limited trade unions' activities, and manipulated traditional Chinese welfare ideologies to maintain a small government. Social Security Policy in Hong Kong is the first book that systematically analyzes the dynamic relationships between Hong Kong's polity, Chinese welfare ideologies, and social security provisions from British colonial rule to China's special administrative region.
Chak Kwan Chan’s Social Security in Hong Kong is a well-written book on Hong Kong’s social welfare policies. ... [T]his is an informative book which serves as a useful textbook or background reference for the study of Hong Kong society.