Kam Wah Chan: 3 books

Book cover of Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System

Social Construction of Gender Inequality in the Housing System

Housing Experience of Women in Hong Kong

by Kam Wah Chan
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2019

First published in 1997, this volume recognises the issue of gender inequality in Hong Kong housing. The invisibility of the housing problem is compounded by the dominant patriarchal Chinese culture in Hong Kong. The issue remains marginal in Western countries as well, despite increasing concern....
Book cover of Social Policy and Change in East Asia
by Kam-wah Chan, Kim-wah Chung, Keqing Han
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013

Social Policy and Change in East Asia is a collection of essays from a group of indigenous East Asian social policy researchers who met bi-annually to discuss social development issues. The book’s focus is the policy responses of respective East Asian government since the 2008 financial tsunami...
Book cover of Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment

Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment

Chinese Universities Since the Late Nineteenth Century

by Ricardo K.S. Mak, Ricardo K. S. Mak, Guangxin Fan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009

Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment is a collection of articles that shed light on different aspects of university education in China since the late nineteenth century and address how far the ideal of modern university education, which has gradually been developed in the West since the age of...
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