Abstract This Special Issue was conceived and developed following a series of international
conferences held in Asia, with a particular focus on critically reflecting upon higher …

This article aims at setting out a broader context for the debates and discussions on welfare
transformations driven by rapid global challenges and restructuring. Confronted with …

Background In recent years, the Chinese government has increased its support for the
development of community-based psychiatric rehabilitation (CBPR) services and initiated …

This study is set out against the broader socio‐political economy context, in which China
searches for better social governance to improve service delivery catering to the soaring …

The government of the Communist Party of China (CPC) rolled out a national policy to
contract out social and welfare services to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in 2013 …

Unlike most books which consider China's transformation and globalization over the last four
decades by focusing on China's economic growth, this book examines how the Chinese …

Organizational support represents a critical driver of practice research projects. This analysis
includes four international examples of such support (Norway, Finland, Belgium, and USA …

This article examines the bridging role non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) can play
between a divided public administration in a conflict‐ridden country. Based on interviews …

Purpose Social welfare scholarship has not paid adequate attention to the phenomenon of
single-parent women in Asia, especially in terms of their economic and social vulnerabilities …

We utilize a unique setting associated with the mandatory closure of the government‐to‐
business revolving door to examine whether and how an exogenous rise in firm‐level …