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Since the economic crisis of 1997, there have been significant social policy reforms in East Asia. Using the concept of the developmental welfare state, this book seeks to answer whether the welfare reforms in East Asia have extended social rights while maintaining its developmental credentials. Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia explains the way in which the shift in economic strategy has influenced social policy reform in East Asia. It also analyzes the political dynamics of social policy in which economic imperatives for social reform were transformed into social policy reform

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Normative Rationale and Policy Concepts in Japan: Human Security and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy -- Chapter 3. Searching for a normative rationale for Korean ODA Policy: Interest, Self-regards, and Obligation -- Chapter 4. Evolving Mould of Japanese Aid: An environmental explanation -- Chapter 5. Institutional Development toward Development Cooperation and Partnership in South Korea: History, Institutions, and Quantitative Overview -- Chapter 6. Japan and Traditional Donors: Catching up but Staying "Asian" -- Chapter 7. Balancing Universal Value and Economic Interest Through Development Cooperation in Korea -- Chapter 8. Civil Society Organizations as Partners and Critics of Japan's Aid Policy -- Chapter 9. Historical Changes of the Roles of Korean Development CSOs and their Challenges for Inclusive Partnership -- Chapter 10. New Partnership with the Private Sector in Japanese Development Cooperation -- Chapter 11. Korea: Science, Technology, and Innovation for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 12. A Way Forward to Achieve the SDGs in Japan: Decoupling between Sustainable Development and International Development -- Chapter 13. A Way Forward to Achieve the SDGs in Korea: Reformulating an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 14. Conclusions.

Introduction: the birth of the state -- The state meets modernity -- The state meets business -- The state meets voluntarism -- The state meets democracy -- Conclusion: the anatomy of the state

The 'Gulf Falcons'-the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council-have high living standards as a result of large income flows from oil. The decline of oil prices between summer 2014 and fall 2015 underscores the urgency for the Gulf Falcons to diversify away from their current heavy reliance on oil exports. This book discusses attempts at diversification in the Middle East and North Africa and the complex choices policymakers face. It brings together the views of academics and policymakers to offer practical advice for future efforts to increase productivity growth.--