Introduction -- Revisiting the theories of welfare states in developing countries -- Theoretical discussion: the structures of associational networks and labor politics -- The origin of top-down solidarity in South Korea -- Embeddedness, cohesiveness, and the politics of social policy expansion in South Korea: universal vs. selective reforms -- The survival and decline of embeddedness under retrenchment drives: the politics of retrenchment under market reforms -- Comparative case studies I: market-oriented reforms of welfare states and union responses in Argentina and Brazil -- Comparative case studies II: market-oriented reforms of welfare states and union responses in South Korea and Taiwan -- Comparative case studies III: associational networks and welfare states in Argentina, Brazil, South Korea and Taiwan -- Conclusion
Summary
Lee explains development and retrenchment of the welfare states in developing countries through an explanatory model based around 'embedded cohesiveness'
