317
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Changing dynamics of social policy in democracy: comparing pension and health reforms in Taiwan

& ORCID Icon
Pages 30-44 | Received 16 Mar 2020, Accepted 26 Sep 2020, Published online: 01 Nov 2020

References

  • Bangura, Y. (ed.). (2007). Democracy and social policy. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Béland, D., & Cox, R. H. (eds). (2011). Ideas and politics in social science research. Oxford University Press.
  • Bonoli, G. (2003). Two worlds of pension reform in Western Europe. Comparative Politics, 35(4), 399–416. https://doi.org/10.2307/4150187
  • Bonoli, G. (2012). Blame avoidance and credit claiming revisited. In G. Bonoli & D. Natali (Eds.), The politics of the new welfare state (pp. 93–110). Oxford University Press.
  • Campbell, J. L., & Pedersen, O. K. (2014). The national origins of policy ideas: Knowledge regimes in the United States, France, Germany, and Denmark. Princeton University Press.
  • Chan, H.-S. (2009). The time significance and future challenges of the national pension [Paper presentation]. The Social Welfare Forum of the Chinese Association for Relief and Ensuing Services. Chiayi: National Chung Cheng University. (In Chinese).
  • Chen, H.-H. (2007). The development and challenges of national pension system planning in Taiwan. Community Development Journal, 116, 76–85. (In Chinese).
  • Chen, H.-H. (2010). Paths for the sustainable development and operation of the national pension. Insurance Issues and Practices, 9 (1), 103–126. (In Chinese).
  • Chou, Y.-C. (2004). Political change and the development of social policy in Taiwan: The national health insurance and national pension planning. Yu Da Academic Journal, 7, 79–98. (In Chinese).
  • Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan (1992, 1999, 2002, 2005). National Pension System Planning Report. Council for Economic Planning. (In Chinese)
  • Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan. (2004). Provisional act governing the welfare allowance for elderly farmers. Council of Agriculture. (In Chinese).
  • Ebbinghaus, B. (2011). The varieties of pension governance: Pension privatization in Europe. Oxford University Press.
  • Executive Yuan. (1986). Policy address by the premier of the Republic of China. (In Chinese).
  • Immergut, E. M. (1992). Health politics: Interests and institutions in Western Europe. Cambridge University Press.
  • Kim, W.-S., & Shi, S.-J. (2020). East Asian approaches of activation: The politics of labor market policies in South Korea and Taiwan. Policy and Society, 39(2), 226–246. https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2019.1688606
  • Kim, Y.-M. (2008). Beyond East Asian welfare productivism in South Korea. Policy & Politics, 36(1), 109–125. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557308783431652
  • Korpi, W. (1983). The democratic class struggle. Routledge and Keagan Paul.
  • Ku, Y.-W. (1997). Welfare capitalism in Taiwan: State, economy and social policy. Macmillan.
  • Kwon, H.-J. (1998). Democracy and the politics of social welfare: A comparative analysis of welfare systems in East Asia. In R. Goodman, G. White, & H.-J. Kwon (Eds.), The East Asian welfare model: Welfare orientalism and the state (pp. 27–75). Routledge.
  • Kwon, H.-J. (1999). The welfare state in Korea: The politics of legitimation. Macmillan.
  • Legislative Yuan. (1993). Legislative Yuan-related documents: Review records of national health insurance bills. (In Chinese).
  • Legislative Yuan. (2004). Legislative Yuan-related documents: Review records of temporary provisions for elderly farmer welfare benefits. (In Chinese).
  • Legislative Yuan. (2005). Legislative Yuan-related documents: Review records of the national pension act. (In Chinese).
  • Legislative Yuan. (2006). Legislative Yuan related-documents: Review records of the national pension act. (In Chinese).
  • March, J., & Olsen, J. (1989). Rediscovering institutions: The organizational basis of politics. Free Press.
  • Marsh, D., & Rhodes, R. A. W. (1992). Policy networks in British government. Oxford University Press.
  • Ministry of the Interior. (2002). Temporary provisions for elderly welfare benefits. (In Chinese).
  • Palier, B. (ed.). (2010). A long goodbye to Bismarck? The politics of welfare reform in Continental Europe. Amsterdam University Press.
  • Pierson, P. (1994). Dismantling the welfare state? Reagan, Thatcher and the politics of retrenchment. Cambridge University Press.
  • Ringen, S., Kwon, H.-J., Yi, I.-C., Kim, T.-K. & Lee, J.-H. (2011). The Korean state and social policy: How South Korea lifted itself from poverty and dictatorship to affluence and democracy. Oxford University Press.
  • Shi, S.-J., & Yeh, Y.-M. (2011). Political democratization and social policy: Exploring the impacts of political institutions on the pension scheme-building in Taiwan. NTU Social Work Review, 23, 47–92. (in Chinese). https://doi.org/10.6171/ntuswr2011.23.02
  • Stephens, J. (1979). The transition from capitalism to socialism. University of Illinois Press.
  • Streeck, W., & Thelen, K. (eds). (2005). Beyond continuity: Institutional change in advanced political economies. Oxford University Press.
  • Tang, K.-L. (2000). Social welfare development in East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Thelen, K., & Mahoney, J. (eds). (2015). Advances in comparative historical analysis. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wong, J. (2004). Healthy democracies: Welfare politics in Taiwan and South Korea. Cornell University Press.
  • Yang, -J.-J. (2017). The political economy of the small welfare state in South Korea. Cambridge University Press.
  • Yang, -J.-J. (ed.). (2020). The small welfare state: Rethinking welfare in the US, Japan, and South Korea. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Yeh, C.-C. (2015). The Professor William Hsiao I know: Humane heart and wise conduct. China Times. (In Chinese).
  • Yeh, C.-Y., Cheng, H.-W., & Shi, S.-J. (2020). Public-private pension mixes in East Asia: Institutional diversity and policy implications for old-age security. Ageing & Society, 40(3), 604–625. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X18001137
  • Zeng, J.-M., Yao, H.-W., & Jheng, G.-H. (2007). The planning course of national pensions in Taiwan. Community Development Journal, 116, 11–27. (In Chinese).

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.