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Social Citizenship Rights and the Welfare Circle Dilemma: Attitudinal Findings of Two Chinese Societies
Author(s) -
Wong ChackKie,
Wang Kate YeongTsyr,
Kaun PingYin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
asian social work and policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1753-1411
pISSN - 1753-1403
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-1411.2008.00024.x
Subject(s) - citizenship , welfare , dilemma , social citizenship , context (archaeology) , social rights , social welfare , sociology , social policy , political science , welfare rights , political economy , law , human rights , politics , paleontology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
This paper places social citizenship momentum into the context of squaring the welfare circle for examination. Citizenship is a powerful world‐level organizing principle especially by the minority groups for their claim of equal treatment. The squaring of welfare circle refers to the need of the governments to constrain their budgets but also meet the rising demands from and needs of their people. This comparative study looks at the attitudinal findings of two Chinese societies of Hong Kong and Taiwan to see whether or not the cultural factor can mitigate the momentum of social citizenship rights and the demand side of the welfare circle. Implications for social policy are also discussed.