East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition: Focusing on Family,Gender and Care

Guest editors:

Emiko Ochiai, Kyoto Sangyo University(Professor), Kyoto University (Emeritus Professor), Japan

Xiaoying Wu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

Yunwei Guo, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China

Five worlds of social reproduction after the new millennium: placing transitional China in a three-dimensional model of social reproduction

Since the late 2000s, China has accelerated reconstruction of the welfare state against the backdrop of the second transition. Following a typological approach, this study proposes an analytical framework for ...

Authors: Yao Xu

Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2024 11:19

Content type: Research Published on: 28 June 2024
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Short-term gains versus long-term strains: productivist policies and family resilience in China

This article studies the intricate dynamics of family resilience within the Chinese productivist regime over the course of seven decades, emphasizing the instrumental role of public policy in shaping this resi...

Authors: Xiaohui Zhong, Bingqin Li, Qian Fang and Zihong Deng

Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2024 11:10

Content type: Research Published on: 18 March 2024
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Social and psychological implications of actual and defacto childlessness among older persons in East and Southeast Asia

We examine how ageing without children is linked to older adults’ social participation and psychological distress in selected East and Southeast Asian countries (South Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Myan...

Authors: Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan and Jung-Hwa Ha

Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2024 11:6

Content type: Research Published on: 15 February 2024
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Negotiating filial care in transitions: an ethnographic study of family involvement in China’s nursing homes

Based on ethnographic research conducted in two nursing homes in China, this article examines how institutional eldercare reshapes the expectations and practices of filial piety. It finds that families accept ...

Authors: Xinyue Wu

Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2023 10:9

Content type: Research Published on: 15 May 2023
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Familial affections vis-à-vis filial piety: the ethical challenges facing eldercare under neo-familism in contemporary China

The present study demonstrates that the values and practices of neo-familism are altering the ethical foundation of eldercare in a similar way as they did in other areas of family life. The chief ethical chall...

Authors: Yunxiang Yan

Citation: The Journal of Chinese Sociology 2023 10:5

Content type: Research Published on: 20 March 2023
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East Asian Welfare Regimes in Transition: Focusing on Family,Gender and Care

Five worlds of social reproduction after the new millennium: placing transitional China in a three-dimensional model of social reproduction

Short-term gains versus long-term strains: productivist policies and family resilience in China

Social and psychological implications of actual and defacto childlessness among older persons in East and Southeast Asia

Negotiating filial care in transitions: an ethnographic study of family involvement in China’s nursing homes

Familial affections vis-à-vis filial piety: the ethical challenges facing eldercare under neo-familism in contemporary China