How workfare programs fare in Hong Kong?: a user perspective.

• Other Authors: Lui, Hor Yan Joyce.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Welfare recipients > Employment; Welfare recipients > Employment > China > Hong Kong; Welfare recipients > Employment > Government policy; Welfare recipients > Employment > Government policy > China > Hong Kong
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893138; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-325859

Lui, Hor Yan Joyce. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-184). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === English Abstract --- p.i === Chinese Abstract --- p.iii === Acknowledgements --- p.v === List of Tables --- p.vi === List of Figures --- p.vii === Table of Contents --- p.viii === Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Research Area and Objectives --- p.1 === Chapter 1.2 --- Background and Conceptual Framework --- p.2 === Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Research --- p.6 === Chapter 1.4 --- Research Methodology --- p.9 === Chapter 1.5 --- Chapter Organization --- p.9 === Chapter Chapter Two: --- Hong Kong in the Midst of its Transformation --- p.11 === Chapter 2.1 --- A State of Euphoria: Prelude to the Crisis --- p.11 === Chapter 2.2 --- Post 1997 Crisis --- p.18 === Chapter 2.3 --- Development of Social Security in Hong Kong --- p.20 === Chapter 2.4 --- The Paradox --- p.26 === Chapter Chapter Three: --- Welfare Debate --- p.28 === Chapter 3.1 --- Social Democratic Welfare Regimes --- p.29 === Chapter 3.1.1 --- Essential Characteristics --- p.29 === Chapter 3.1.2 --- The Rise and Fall of the Welfare State --- p.30 === Chapter 3.2 --- The New Right --- p.31 === Chapter 3.3 --- The Social Development Approach as an Alternative --- p.34 === Chapter Chapter Four: --- Governments' Responses in the West --- p.39 === Chapter 4.1 --- Workfare Programs Gaining Currency --- p.39 === Chapter 4.1.1 --- Origin and Development of Workfare Programs in the West --- p.41 === Chapter 4.1.2 --- Debates in the Rhetoric of Workfare --- p.44 === Chapter 4.1.2.1 --- Mandatory versus Voluntary --- p.45 === Chapter 4.1.2.2 --- Work-first versus Education-first --- p.47 === Chapter 4.1.3 --- Common Goal shared by various Emphases --- p.50 === Chapter 4.1.4 --- Effectiveness of Workfare Programs --- p.50 === Chapter 4.1.1.1 --- The Bright Side --- p.51 === Chapter 4.1.4.2 --- The Dark Side --- p.52 === Chapter Chapter Five: --- Hong Kong Government's Responses to the Paradox --- p.54 === Chapter 5.1 --- Multi-directional Interventions --- p.54 === Chapter 5.2 --- Workfare Initiatives --- p.56 === Chapter 5.3 --- Focus of the Present Study --- p.66 === Chapter Chapter Six: --- Research Methodology --- p.68 === Chapter 6.1 --- Overview of the Research Design --- p.68 === Chapter 6.2 --- Philosophical Orientation and Justifications --- p.70 === Chapter 6.3 --- Sampling --- p.72 === Chapter 6.4 --- Data Collection Method --- p.75 === Chapter 6.5 --- Data Analysis --- p.77 === Chapter 6.6 --- Ethical Concerns --- p.84 === Chapter 6.7 --- Research Rigour --- p.85 === Chapter 6.8 --- Reflections --- p.87 === Chapter 6.8 --- Limitations of the Study --- p.89 === Chapter Chapter Seven: --- Major Findings of the Study --- p.91 === Chapter 7.1 --- Profile of the Interviewees --- p.92 === Chapter 7.2 --- Characteristics of the IEAP Studied --- p.95 === Chapter 7.3 --- Major Findings --- p.96 === Chapter 7.3.1 --- Users' Overall Impression on the IEAP --- p.100 === Chapter 7.3.1.1 --- Participants' Views --- p.100 === Chapter 7.3.1.1.1 --- Positive Views --- p.100 === Chapter 7.3.1.1.2 --- Negative Views --- p.102 === Chapter 7.3.1.2 --- Practitioners' Views --- p.103 === Chapter 7.3.1.2.1 --- Strengths of the IEAP --- p.103 === Chapter 7.3.1.2.2 --- Weaknesses of the IEAP --- p.104 === Chapter 7.3.2 --- Factors Attributing to Successful Employment --- p.108 === Chapter 7.3.2.1 --- Fresh CSSA recipients --- p.108 === Chapter 7.3.2.2 --- Participants' differential views on Welfare Dole versus Work --- p.109 === Chapter 7.3.2.3 --- Adaptability of the Participants --- p.114 === Chapter 7.3.2.4 --- Family as an important source of Motivation --- p.115 === Chapter 7.3.3 --- Program Factors Facilitating Successful Employment --- p.119 === Chapter 7.3.3.1 --- Being-first Orientation --- p.119 === Chapter 7.3.3.2 --- Use of Social Capital in the Community --- p.124 === Chapter 7.3.4 --- Factors Inhibiting Successful Employment --- p.126 === Chapter 7.3.4.1 --- Age --- p.126 === Chapter 7.3.4.2 --- Market Constraints --- p.127 === Chapter 7.3.4.3 --- Low Economic Incentives --- p.129 === Chapter 7.3.4.4 --- Inadequacies of the Human Capital Development --- p.131 === Chapter 7.3.5 --- Barriers in Achieving Total Self-Reliance --- p.132 === Chapter 7.3.5.1 --- Poor Financial Management --- p.133 === Chapter 7.3.5.2 --- Low Market Wages --- p.134 === Chapter 7.3.5.3 --- Flex-Work --- p.135 === Chapter Chapter Eight: --- Discussion and Implications --- p.138 === Chapter 8.1 --- Success Factors Leading to Employment --- p.138 === Chapter 8.1.1 --- Culture versus Economic Incentives --- p.140 === Chapter 8.1.2 --- Family Solidarity --- p.142 === Chapter 8.1.3 --- Being-first Orientation: An Alternative to Education-first and Work-first Approach --- p.148 === Chapter 8.2 --- Barriers to Sustainable Employment and Self-Reliance --- p.155 === Chapter 8.2.1 --- Long Spell on Welfare --- p.156 === Chapter 8.2.2 --- Low Economic Incentives --- p.157 === Chapter 8.3 --- Implications and Conclusion --- p.160 === Appendix 1 The Distribution of the 40 Operating Agencies --- p.164 === Appendix 2 Questions in the Interview Guide --- p.166 === Appendix 3 Case Summary and Analysis Sheet --- p.169 === Appendix 4 Within Case Display for Participant B --- p.172 === Bibliography --- p.173