Kam Wah Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4137578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kam Wah Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kam Wah |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN K W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8138-723X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reconstruction of Masculine Identities Through Caring Practices
The purpose of this study was to explore from a gender perspective how masculinities might be reworked into identities of care through men taking on the role of family caregiver. A qualitative method was adopted for this research. Twenty Chinese men in Hong Kong who were the main caregivers in their families were invited for in-depth interviews to understand their views on caring and their experiences as caregivers. We identified four types of ma…
Race and ethnicity
Global policy paradigms, gender equality and everyday lives in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul and Taipei
Focusing on the interface between gender equality, the labour market, and everyday lives in four East Asian societies – China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan – this article seeks to articulate the spatial expression and multi-scalarity of global governance and policy paradigms. It will demonstrate that whilst regions, places and people are influenced by global processes and paradigms, these move and embed in different ways across spaces, time …
Understanding the Masculinity Crisis
The purpose of this study was to understand the men's crisis from a gender perspective and discuss its implications for men's services in Hong Kong. In gathering data for the study, we completed telephone interviews with 547 adult men aged eighteen to sixty-five to understand their views on different sources of pressure, including work, economic circumstances, family relationships, human relationships, personal development, health and social stat…
An Outsider is Always an Outsider
The dynamics of social exclusion and inclusion of certain groups of citizens and migrant workers is a complex and multi-dimensional process, which is shaped by institutional frameworks as well as informal practices. While some of these frameworks are justified by economic rationality, migrants with low socio-economic background are often excluded from aspects of labour and social protection, therefore reinforcing hegemonic ideas about "insidernes…
Workfare versus reconceptualizing work
Workfare has become a dominant social welfare approach in dealing with unemployment in various cities around the world. Recent social security reforms for lone mothers on benefits in Hong Kong are examples of the application of workfare in practice. This article argues that workfare strategy based on an outdated industrial-productivist conception of work contributes to the marginalization and undervaluation of work performed by disadvantaged grou…
Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong
Many East Asian countries or cities have experienced rapid economic growth since the 1990s, and at the same time have had to face increasingly worse economic situations such as that brought about by the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and the global financial tsunami in 2008/2009. This creates a rising demand for social welfare and an increase in grievances among the citizens. Some Asian states tend to resort to ad hoc 'flexible welfare …
Perception and Response to Employment Risks of Workers in Hong Kong
Rapid social changes in Hong Kong have increased employment risk. In response, the Government has adopted a workfare approach. Although this strategy may help some workers to get a job, it also contributes to individualize risk. Research conducted in Hong Kong in 2006-07 explored how workers perceived unemployment risks, how they cope with them, and how effective existing social policy was in helping people manage these risks. Findings showed tha…
Deconstructing the Asian welfare model
Esping-Andersen's seminal work on welfare regimes in capitalist societies sparked a heated debate regarding the Asian welfare model. In the past decade, the controversy has centred on verifying or disproving the existence of such a model and, for those who confirm its existence, identifying its characteristics. There are two ways of describing the Asian welfare model: the cultural approach, which emphasizes the role played by Confucian teaching i…
Inclusion or Exclusion? Housing Battered Women in Hong Kong
Since the mid-1990s, `social exclusion' has become a popular concept in social policy analysis. As a result, there are increasing concerns about developing a social inclusion policy. Using housing policies and services for battered women in Hong Kong as an example, this article demonstrates how policy and services claiming to help the disadvantaged actually contribute to reinforcing social exclusion. By focusing on a particular policy in a partic…
Understanding the Masculinity Crisis
The purpose of this study was to understand the men's crisis from a gender perspective and discuss its implications for men's services in Hong Kong. In gathering data for the study, we completed telephone interviews with 547 adult men aged eighteen to sixty-five to understand their views on different sources of pressure, including work, economic circumstances, family relationships, human relationships, personal development, health and social stat…
An Outsider is Always an Outsider
The dynamics of social exclusion and inclusion of certain groups of citizens and migrant workers is a complex and multi-dimensional process, which is shaped by institutional frameworks as well as informal practices. While some of these frameworks are justified by economic rationality, migrants with low socio-economic background are often excluded from aspects of labour and social protection, therefore reinforcing hegemonic ideas about "insidernes…
Deconstructing the Asian welfare model
Esping-Andersen's seminal work on welfare regimes in capitalist societies sparked a heated debate regarding the Asian welfare model. In the past decade, the controversy has centred on verifying or disproving the existence of such a model and, for those who confirm its existence, identifying its characteristics. There are two ways of describing the Asian welfare model: the cultural approach, which emphasizes the role played by Confucian teaching i…
Inclusion or Exclusion? Housing Battered Women in Hong Kong
Since the mid-1990s, `social exclusion' has become a popular concept in social policy analysis. As a result, there are increasing concerns about developing a social inclusion policy. Using housing policies and services for battered women in Hong Kong as an example, this article demonstrates how policy and services claiming to help the disadvantaged actually contribute to reinforcing social exclusion. By focusing on a particular policy in a partic…
Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong
Many East Asian countries or cities have experienced rapid economic growth since the 1990s, and at the same time have had to face increasingly worse economic situations such as that brought about by the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and the global financial tsunami in 2008/2009. This creates a rising demand for social welfare and an increase in grievances among the citizens. Some Asian states tend to resort to ad hoc 'flexible welfare …
Global policy paradigms, gender equality and everyday lives in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul and Taipei
Focusing on the interface between gender equality, the labour market, and everyday lives in four East Asian societies – China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan – this article seeks to articulate the spatial expression and multi-scalarity of global governance and policy paradigms. It will demonstrate that whilst regions, places and people are influenced by global processes and paradigms, these move and embed in different ways across spaces, time …
Inclusion or Exclusion? Housing Battered Women in Hong Kong
Since the mid-1990s, `social exclusion' has become a popular concept in social policy analysis. As a result, there are increasing concerns about developing a social inclusion policy. Using housing policies and services for battered women in Hong Kong as an example, this article demonstrates how policy and services claiming to help the disadvantaged actually contribute to reinforcing social exclusion. By focusing on a particular policy in a partic…
Deconstructing the Asian welfare model
Esping-Andersen's seminal work on welfare regimes in capitalist societies sparked a heated debate regarding the Asian welfare model. In the past decade, the controversy has centred on verifying or disproving the existence of such a model and, for those who confirm its existence, identifying its characteristics. There are two ways of describing the Asian welfare model: the cultural approach, which emphasizes the role played by Confucian teaching i…
Perception and Response to Employment Risks of Workers in Hong Kong
Rapid social changes in Hong Kong have increased employment risk. In response, the Government has adopted a workfare approach. Although this strategy may help some workers to get a job, it also contributes to individualize risk. Research conducted in Hong Kong in 2006-07 explored how workers perceived unemployment risks, how they cope with them, and how effective existing social policy was in helping people manage these risks. Findings showed tha…
Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong
Many East Asian countries or cities have experienced rapid economic growth since the 1990s, and at the same time have had to face increasingly worse economic situations such as that brought about by the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s and the global financial tsunami in 2008/2009. This creates a rising demand for social welfare and an increase in grievances among the citizens. Some Asian states tend to resort to ad hoc 'flexible welfare …
An Outsider is Always an Outsider
The dynamics of social exclusion and inclusion of certain groups of citizens and migrant workers is a complex and multi-dimensional process, which is shaped by institutional frameworks as well as informal practices. While some of these frameworks are justified by economic rationality, migrants with low socio-economic background are often excluded from aspects of labour and social protection, therefore reinforcing hegemonic ideas about "insidernes…
Workfare versus reconceptualizing work
Workfare has become a dominant social welfare approach in dealing with unemployment in various cities around the world. Recent social security reforms for lone mothers on benefits in Hong Kong are examples of the application of workfare in practice. This article argues that workfare strategy based on an outdated industrial-productivist conception of work contributes to the marginalization and undervaluation of work performed by disadvantaged grou…
Understanding the Masculinity Crisis
The purpose of this study was to understand the men's crisis from a gender perspective and discuss its implications for men's services in Hong Kong. In gathering data for the study, we completed telephone interviews with 547 adult men aged eighteen to sixty-five to understand their views on different sources of pressure, including work, economic circumstances, family relationships, human relationships, personal development, health and social stat…
Race and ethnicity
Global policy paradigms, gender equality and everyday lives in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul and Taipei
Focusing on the interface between gender equality, the labour market, and everyday lives in four East Asian societies – China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan – this article seeks to articulate the spatial expression and multi-scalarity of global governance and policy paradigms. It will demonstrate that whilst regions, places and people are influenced by global processes and paradigms, these move and embed in different ways across spaces, time …
Reconstruction of Masculine Identities Through Caring Practices
The purpose of this study was to explore from a gender perspective how masculinities might be reworked into identities of care through men taking on the role of family caregiver. A qualitative method was adopted for this research. Twenty Chinese men in Hong Kong who were the main caregivers in their families were invited for in-depth interviews to understand their views on caring and their experiences as caregivers. We identified four types of ma…
Political science (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Welfare (5 works) · China (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works)