Dear list members,

We are pleased to announce our 4th conference as below. We are very look 
forward seeing you in Tokyo,and we hope to make this conference as 
successful and meaningful as our previous ones.

Kind regards,

Junko Yamashita 
EASP 4th conference organising team

******************************************* The Fourth Annual East Asian 
Social Policy research network (EASP) International Conference

Restructuring Care Responsibility: Shifting the family-state-market 
boundary in East Asia

Hosted by:East Asian Social Policy research network

Co-Organised by:
Department of Sociology, The University of Tokyo
Social Policy Research Center of National Taiwan University

Supported by:
Comparative Social Policy Network (Korea)
Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath (U.K.)
National Policy Foundation (Taiwan)
 Social Policy Studies Network (Japan)
Taiwanese Association of Social Policy (Taiwan)


Proposed Date: 20th-21st October 2007 
Venue: Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Plenary Speakers: To be confirmed

Conference Theme 

East Asian Social Policy research network (EASP) conferences have attempted 
to enhance the quality and quantity of research on fast changing East Asian 
social policies, and to provide a forum for exchanging ideas for 
researchers. As it will be the first EASP conference outside the U.K., the 
fourth conference particularly aims to promote and facilitate academic 
exchange and network among scholars and doctoral students who are based in 
East Asian countries, as well as in other parts of the world.

The main focus of the fourth EASP conference is to explore the way East 
Asian welfare regimes restructure the responsibility of care between the 
state, the market and the family (and the voluntary sector). Care is 
increasingly becoming a crucial topic in East Asia welfare regimes under 
acute demographic pressures, increasing women's labour market 
participation, and related societal transformations. It will provide a 
forum for discussing the specific pressures East Asian countries are 
facing, for analysing principles and ideas of relevant social policies, for 
examining implementation and outcomes of recent reforms, and for exploring 
patterns of reforms and the likely future direction.


Call for paper and panel proposal

Papers are invited which address the overall theme 'Restructuring Care 
Responsibility: Shifting the family-state-market boundary in East Asia' or 
sub-themes as below. Papers may be comparative, or case studies which have 
broader implications for other East Asian countries and/or for the 
development of theory and of research methods. Particularly papers with 
gender and/or minority sensitive approaches are encouraged.

We also welcome panel proposals which address the overall theme and/or the 
sub-themes. Those wishing to organise a panel should submit a panel 
proposal which includes the title and objective of panel (250-300 words), 
the details of panel organiser(s) and all participating members, along with 
abstracts of three (or four) papers.

Stream 1: Long Term Care 
Stream 2: Work, Family, and Childcare
Stream 3: Ageing and Pensions
Stream 4: East Asian Welfare Regime Debates
Stream 5: Politics, Institutions, and Social Policy
Stream 6: Labour market and Social Policy
Stream 7: Poverty and social assistance
Stream 8: Urban and Housing Policy
Stream 9: Health and Disability Across the Life-course
Stream 10: Immigration: New Challenge 
Stream 11: Education and Social Policy
Submission of abstract, panel proposal, full papers, and contributed papers

Those wishing to present in the conference should submit a 250-300 word 
abstract or a panel proposal to the EASP ([log in to unmask]) by 29 
June 2007. Information enclosed with your abstract should include: title of 
paper; your name; institution; and email address. The final papers and 
contributed papers should be submitted to the same address by 21 September 
2007.

Main deadlines

Submission of paper abstract: 29 June 2007 
Notification of applicants: 31 July 2007
Confirmation of registration: 1 September 2007
Submission of full paper and contributed papers: 21 September 2007 

Further information

Details of the conference registration and all papers will be made 
available on the EASP website (www.welfareasia.org).For further information 
or comments, please contact EASP conference organising team 
([log in to unmask]).