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Welfare policies and the construction of welfare relations in a residual welfare state: the case of Hong Kong
- Author:
- CHAN Chak-Kwan
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 32(3), September 1998, pp.278-291.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Each welfare system has its own welfare relations for shaping and maintaining certain types of welfare practices and welfare ideologies. Welfare relations concern the distribution of welfare responsibilities among various social institutions, the public welfare expectations and entitlements, and the status of welfare recipients. Discusses how welfare policies construct the required welfare relations with regard to Hong Kong's social security system. Argues that the persistence of Hong Kong's residual welfare model is partly based on the residual welfare relations which facilitate family-centred and market-oriented welfare practices.