The Evolving Singaporean Welfare State
The Evolving Singaporean Welfare State
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不断发展的新加坡福利国家
DOI：
10.1111/spol.12339
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发表时间：
2017
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Jiwei Qian
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作者：
Soo Ann Lee;Jiwei Qian
东亚福利国家被认为是一种支持“生产主义”的福利制度，其中社会政策对经济政策起着支持作用。然而，最近严峻的社会和经济挑战依然存在，包括老龄化和劳动力市场结构的变化。东亚的福利国家是否能随着这些变化而发展仍然不确定。本文讨论了新加坡的社会政策，这些政策是在经济、政治和社会背景下设计的，以适应政治理性和经济增长战略。本研究从一个广泛而动态的政治和经济背景来解释新加坡的福利制度，为文献做出了贡献。此外，本文认为，政策反应在新加坡的经济和社会条件的变化，在不断发展的福利国家，通过审查该国的社会政策的最新发展。
East Asian welfare states are regarded as a welfare regime that supports ‘productivism’, in which social policies play a supportive role for economic policies. However, recent dramatic social and economic challenges persist, including ageing and change of labour market structure. Whether welfare states in East Asia can evolve with these changes remains uncertain. The social policies in Singapore, which have been designed to accommodate the political rationale and economic growth strategy in the economic, political and social contexts, are discussed in this article. This research contributes to the literature by interpreting the welfare regime in Singapore from a broad and dynamic political and economic context. Furthermore, this article considers the policy responses in Singapore to the change of the economic and social conditions in evolving welfare states by reviewing recent developments of the country's social policies.