New Life Courses, Social Risks and Social Policy in East Asia

Raymond K H Chan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Social Studies at the City University of Hong Kong, China Jens O Zinn is a Professor in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Lih-rong Wang is Professor of Social Work in the College of Social Science at National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Introduction PART 1: Changes in Transitions 2. Extended transitions to adulthood in Japan: Labour market flexibilization and the weakness of social security for young people 3. Social Policies Addressing the Transition from School to Work of Post-Secondary Graduates in Taiwan: A Social Investment Perspective 4. Will Dreams Come True? The Transformation of Social Inequality Structures in Cambodia – Experiences of a New Generation of Youth Managing the Uncertainties of Their Life Course PART 2: Competing Demands 5. Reconciling Work and Family in Taiwan: Problems and Policies 6. The Double Responsibilities of Care in Japan: Emerging New Social Risks for Women Providing both Childcare and care for the Elderly 7. Migrant Workers in the New Eldercare Mix in South Korea PART 3: Alternative Ways of Living 8. Families at Risk: The Lived Experience of Lone Mothers in Hong Kong 9. The Material Contradictions of Proletarian Patriarchy under Condensed Capitalist Industrialization: The Instability in the Working Life Course of Male Breadwinners and Its Familial Ramifications 10. Re-employment after Retirement: Activation Strategies for Older People in Taiwan 11. Female Individualization and Implications on Social Policy in Hong Kong 12. Life-course Sensitised Policy as Risk Management: Directions and Strategies in East Asia