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A city of exceptional risks? A critical policy analysis of Hong Kong unemployment insurance.
- Source :
- Journal of Asian Public Policy; Jul2023, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p221-236, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic engenders unemployment risks globally and locally. Reflectively engaging in Beck's risk society debates, this paper critically reviews the discursive effects of ā€˛risks" when employed by the government in debates about unemployment insurance since the 1997 sovereignty handover. We break down the concept of risk into four layers: moral risk, financial risk, socio-economic risk and political risk and bring to light the contradictory outcomes that colour the nuanced attitudes among the state, the NGOs and the affected subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17516234
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Asian Public Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163915138
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1976983