ThisbookhasinvitedscholarsfromUK,Taiwan,SouthKoreaandHongKongtoaddressthesocialqualityrealityinTaiwanandSouthKorea.Themainthemesanddiscussioninthisbookinclude4dimensionsofsocialeconomicsecurity,socialinclusion,socialcohesionandsocialempowerment.TaiwanandSouthKoreahasbeenadvocatedas“developmentalwelfarestate”andrecognizedas2of4dragonsinAsiawithsimilartrackinsocialandeconomicdevelopmentinlastfewdecades.
Itisveryprecioustoseethatbookhasitsfocusonuniqueinvestigationasstatedaboveintwosocieties.Moreimportantly,mostofthechaptersarewrittenmainlybasedontheutilizationofsocialqualitytheoriesandusingthedataderivedfromthesamequestionnaires(bydifferentlanguages)andinvestigationdoneintwocountries.Andthebookbyusingcomparativestudymethodandscientifically-baseddatatoaddressthesimilaritiesanddifferencebetweenTaiwanandSouthKoreainsocietalsituationandtrendisquiteuniqueaswell.
Finally,themaincontentishighlyconsistentinaddressingthesocial/political/economicandwell-beingofthesesocietieswithsocialpolicyimplication,whichisthestrengthofthisbookinparticular
