Globalization, Democracy, and the Evolution of Social Contracts in East Asia

Stephan Haggard
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A large literature on the East Asian welfare state has noted that government commitments to social insurance have historically been limited. However, this literature is backward-looking. Democratization has been accompanied by an expansion of social policy commitments in a number of countries in the region; this expansion even survived the Asian financial crisis. But closer inspection suggests that this experience depends on economic as well as political circumstances. High growth and structurally sound public finances underpinned social policy expansion in Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan, while erratic growth and structural fiscal problems limited the capacity of democratic governments in the Philippines to respond to long-standing social problems.
全球化、民主与东亚社会契约的演变
关于东亚福利国家的大量文献指出,政府对社会保险的承诺历来有限。然而,这些文献是向后看的。民主化的同时,该区域一些国家的社会政策承诺也在扩大;这种扩张甚至挺过了亚洲金融危机。但更仔细的观察表明,这种经历不仅取决于政治环境,也取决于经济环境。高增长和结构健全的公共财政支撑了韩国、泰国和台湾的社会政策扩张,而不稳定的增长和结构性财政问题限制了菲律宾民主政府应对长期存在的社会问题的能力。
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