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Welfare state without dependency — the case of the UK Chinese people
Author(s)	Chak Kwan Chan, Bankole Cole, Graham Bowpitt
Journal title	Social Policy & Society, vol 6, pt 4, October 2007
Pages	pp 503-514
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org
Keywords	Chinese people ; Attitude ; Social welfare ; Social policy ; Social surveys.
Annotation	Using the welfare practices of UK Chinese people, this study contests the myth of welfare dependency of ethnic minorities and discusses their social and moral foundation of self-reliance. The study is based on data from 100 face-to-face interviews, supplemented by findings from 316 respondents in a national postal survey, and part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research project by Chen and colleagues at Nottingham Trent University. The study shows these UK Chinese respondents to be family-oriented and self-reliant, having low expectations of public welfare, thus challenging the myth of welfare dependency of ethnic minorities. Also, compared with Chinese welfare practices based on strong moral values and duties towards other people, New Labour's welfare culture lacks a solid social and ethical base for nurturing the concepts of duty and self-reliance. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-071024205 A
Classmark	TKL: DP: TY: TM2: 3F
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