Welfare Orientalism and the search for an East Asian welfare model

Abstract

Since the early 1980s the West has taken a burgeoning interest in the developmentally dynamic societies of East Asia and the lessons which might be learned from them. This interest started with attempts to explain the extraordinary success of the postwar Japanese economy. It then spread to other countries, notably the ‘newly industrialised countries’ (NICs) of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. During the 1990s, interest has spread further to include Southeast Asian nations such as Thailand and Malaysia, mainland China and the wider web of trade and investment linking China itself with overseas Chinese business in East and Southeast Asia.

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