The Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life series is impressive and
contemporary in its themes and approaches'-Professor Deborah Chambers, Newcastle …

The article looks at whether or not social policy and other societal-condition variables
contribute to the subjective well-being of life satisfaction. It firstly argues that social policy …

The connection between divorce and suicide risk in Asia is unclear. To understand the
contribution of cultural transitions to suicide among the divorced, we compare age-and sex …

This article examines older women's experiences of searching for face masks and handling
mask-related issues during COVID-19. Set within the context of the Hong Kong …

Providing social security to the population in need has become a major expenditure for
many governments. Reducing the number of dependents in the social security system and …

The study aims to adopt a social constructionist and feminist approach to explore the
interactional factors that influence the decision of sexual violence survivors to seek help and …

This paper examines the extent to which the influence of Confucianism on the welfare of
women erects barriers to the gender mainstreaming (GM) of childcare policy in Hong Kong …

This qualitative study explores the welfare recipients' experiences of and attitudes toward
the welfare benefit system in Hong Kong. A sample of 19 welfare recipients from six main …

This book aims to uncover gender assumptions of welfare states that are very different from
Western ones, and to understand women's experience of welfare states across a range of …

The recent phase of economic globalization has constituted a social context of deteriorating
opportunity and increasing risk for disadvantaged communities in Hong Kong. While …