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Author: Hyun Suk (Henry) Oh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Elderly poor Languages : en Pages : 106
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Among the OECD countries, South Korea has the highest percentage of senior citizens who are under poverty. Many of them reside in slum-like communities in cities including Seoul. One of Seoul's district, Jongno, is located at the center of the city and is home to two of the five slum neighborhoods. Poverty is a multidimensional issue that needs to be defined by the complex social relations that govern it, as Maia Green noted. In addition, according to Appadurai, the poor's lack of capacities, which indicate the ability to map pathways to the fulfillment of goals to escape their plight, is responsible for the poor entering the cycle of poverty. The increasing shift away from the traditional 'developmentaluniversalist' welfare regime means the elderly poor need to navigate through the environment of poverty with limited resources. The aims of this study were to determine what the senior poor considered as the most pressing issue in urban elderly poverty and discover the methods they use to ameliorate their deprivation. Life histories, semi-structured interviews, discourse analysis, participant observation and neighborhood walks were conducted. In this study, housing was considered the most pressing issue in urban elderly poverty, and loneliness was a problem that seniors underrated. Respondents were shown to rely heavily on outside services to cover deficiencies, most notably wandering around Seoul to collect coins at various churches. The research revealed that mobility through free subway rides is paramount to receiving services, and passive sociality is an important aspect in daily rituals. The findings are presented such that they can be used as an aid to further research on elderly urban poverty in Korea.
Author: Hyun Suk (Henry) Oh Publisher: ISBN: Category : Elderly poor Languages : en Pages : 106
Book Description
Among the OECD countries, South Korea has the highest percentage of senior citizens who are under poverty. Many of them reside in slum-like communities in cities including Seoul. One of Seoul's district, Jongno, is located at the center of the city and is home to two of the five slum neighborhoods. Poverty is a multidimensional issue that needs to be defined by the complex social relations that govern it, as Maia Green noted. In addition, according to Appadurai, the poor's lack of capacities, which indicate the ability to map pathways to the fulfillment of goals to escape their plight, is responsible for the poor entering the cycle of poverty. The increasing shift away from the traditional 'developmentaluniversalist' welfare regime means the elderly poor need to navigate through the environment of poverty with limited resources. The aims of this study were to determine what the senior poor considered as the most pressing issue in urban elderly poverty and discover the methods they use to ameliorate their deprivation. Life histories, semi-structured interviews, discourse analysis, participant observation and neighborhood walks were conducted. In this study, housing was considered the most pressing issue in urban elderly poverty, and loneliness was a problem that seniors underrated. Respondents were shown to rely heavily on outside services to cover deficiencies, most notably wandering around Seoul to collect coins at various churches. The research revealed that mobility through free subway rides is paramount to receiving services, and passive sociality is an important aspect in daily rituals. The findings are presented such that they can be used as an aid to further research on elderly urban poverty in Korea.
Author: Asian Development Bank Publisher: Asian Development Bank ISBN: 9292546643 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 152
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This report provides an overview of important urban poverty questions. What defines urban poverty and how is urban poverty being measured? What other factors beyond consumption poverty need to be tackled? Who are the urban poor? What relations exist between urban poverty and city size? What linkages exist between urbanization, income, and urban poverty? What policy responses to urban poverty are implemented in selected Asian countries? The report served as a background study for the International Policy Workshop on Urban Poverty and Inclusive Cities in Asia, organized by the Asian Development Bank and the International Poverty Reduction Center held from 24-25 June 2013 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.
Author: Judy L. Baker Publisher: World Bank Publications ISBN: 1464811032 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 268
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Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting in increasing slums, deficits in basic service provision, and widening inequality for urban dwellers. This study aims to better understand urban poverty and inequality in East Asian cities, recognizing that many countries of the region, particularly those of middle-income status, are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and growth process where potential social divisions in cities could harm prospects for future poverty reduction. The study uses a multidimensional approach to understand urban poverty and inclusion and draws on examples of programs and policies that have been successfully implemented in the East Asia region to develop a set of guiding principles for policy makers.
Author: James Midgley Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135255660 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 217
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This book looks at the role of social policy and particularly social security in addressing the ongoing challenge of poverty in East Asia despite the region’s spectacular experience of economic growth in decent decades. The East Asian miracle resulted over the last four decades in a transformation of the region’s traditional agrarian economies and significant increases in standards of living for many ordinary people. Even though it was given little attention, poverty has remained an ongoing problem. The problem became particularly evident however with the Asian financial crisis of 1997 when many low income and middle class workers became unemployed. As a result of this crisis, the need for effective social policies and social security programs were recognized. The idea that economic growth would solve the problem of poverty was increasingly challenged. Even in China today, where rapid growth has created new employment opportunities and the promise of prosperity for many, the government has recognized that the problem of poverty cannot be addressed only through economic growth but that comprehensive social policies must be formulated, and this includes the development of an effective security system.
Author: Misa Izuhara Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 085793029X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 532
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Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, there have been substantial developments and reforms in social policy in the region but the development paths have been uneven. Until recently, comparative analysis of East Asian social policy tends to have focused on the established welfare state of Japan and the emerging welfare regimes of four Tiger Economies. Much of the recent debate indeed preceded Chinas re-emergence onto the world economy. In this context, this Handbook brings China more fully into the contemporary social policy debates in East Asia. Organised around five themes from welfare state developments, to theories and methodologies, to current social policy issues, the Handbook presents original research from leading specialists in the fields, and provides a fresh and updated perspective to the study of social policy. Providing a comparative international approach, this Handbook will appeal to academics, researchers and students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels working in the fields of social policy, as well as policy makers and practitioners who are interested in social policy lessons from other societies.
Author: Fulong Wu Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing ISBN: 1849803560 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 271
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Wow! What a tour de force! This timely, masterly work does everything, from broad empirical comparison to theory, quantitative correlation to case studies of neighborhoods and quotations from individual life histories. Its findings from 25 neighborhoods in six cities demonstrate convincingly that urban destitution is not homogeneous, is concentrated in and generated by location, and has patterned institutional roots that produced varying processes of pauperization. This superb book must put to rest once and for all references to Chinese poverty as a matter of just the rural areas and their residents. Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine, US Market reform has brought new forms of poverty to urban China, even while the standard of living of most urban residents has greatly improved. This research uses interviews with people in six cities to document their situation and to show how poverty is rooted in the failure of support systems in their neighborhoods and communities. It offers a stark evaluation of a system of inequalities that is only beginning to be addressed by state policy. John R. Logan, Brown University, US Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but combine laid-off workers and rural migrants, resulting in stark contrasts between migrant and workers neighbourhoods and villages. The expert authors examine the new urban poor in China and the dynamics of their poor neighbourhoods, highlighting both household experience and neighbourhood changes affecting the urban poor. Urban Poverty in China is based upon a comprehensive household survey in six Chinese cities and provides insights into microscopic and neighbourhood-level poverty dynamics. The comprehensive study explores the spatial implications such as concentration of poverty as well as the differentiation within poor neighbourhoods. This informative book tells an insightful story about evolving urban poverty in Chinese cities that will be invaluable to researchers and postgraduate students within urban studies, geography, social policy and development studies as well as Chinese and Asian studies. It will also prove to be an invaluable read for researchers in urban and social development and international development agencies.
Author: James Lee Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 0739146661 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 284
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The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia adopts a unique and critical perspective on contemporary social welfare policies in East Asia. This edited volume reflects on current welfare theories and challenges the dominant productivist ideology that overemphasizes the influence of work and family. James Lee and Kam-Wah Chan bring together authors from different social policy domains to provide an updated assessment of inadequacies and limitations in current social policies as well as the problematic theories guiding them. The authors demystify the so-called 'East Asian Welfare Model' and reengage themselves in the identification of an appropriate welfare ideology, which includes a selective integration of social policy and economic development. The Crisis of Welfare in East Asia is a dynamic and enlightening read that will interest students of public policy and those interested in welfare capitalism.
Author: Kwong-Leung Tang Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 236
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Recognizing that the neoliberal approach to poverty alleviation has been a failure in Southeast Asia, Tang (social work, U. of Northern British Columbia, Canada) and Wong (social work, Chinese U. of Hong Kong) present country studies of poverty alleviation programs and essays describing alternative approaches (rights-based, institutional, the International Labor Organization, social development, and social activism). The countries under examination include China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan. Contributors discuss the magnitude of poverty, the extent of poverty monitoring, and the effectiveness of state interventions in poverty alleviation. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author: David Brady Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199914052 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 937
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The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty builds a common scholarly ground in the study of poverty by bringing together an international, inter-disciplinary group of scholars to provide their perspectives on the issue. Contributors engage in discussions about the leading theories and conceptual debates regarding poverty, the most salient topics in poverty research, and the far-reaching consequences of poverty on the individual and societal level.
Author: Hyun Suk (Henry) Oh
Author: Hyun Suk (Henry) Oh
Author: Asian Development Bank
Author: Judy L. Baker
Author: Yunling Zhang
Author: James Midgley
Author: Misa Izuhara
Author: Fulong Wu
Author: James Lee
Author: Kwong-Leung Tang
Author: David Brady