Professor William KM Lee is Professor in Sociology with the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.  He is also the Associate Vice-President (Academic Affairs) overseeing the work of the Registry and academic developments of the University.  He received his doctorate in sociology from the University of Toronto. His research interests include economic and social development, ethnic and gender studies, social security, social gerontology, and poverty.  He has published in the Journal of Aging Studies; Ageing International; Intergenerational Relations; Journal of Aging and Women; Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology; Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Journal of Applied Gerontology; Gender, Place and Culture; Asian Journal of Women Studies; Asian Ethnicity; Asian Affairs; Social Development Issues; and Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare.

Research | Top

1. Ageing
2. Gender
3. Ethnicity
4. Social Development

Selected Publications : 1998-2005 | Top
 

William KM Lee and Kwok Hong-kin, "Differences in Expectation and Patterns of Informal Support for Older Persons in Hong Kong: Modification to Filial Piety", Ageing International (accepted, forthcoming)

William KM Lee and Kwok Hong-kin, "Aging and Elder Care in China: The Case in Guangzhou", Social Development Issues (accepted, forthcoming)

William KM Lee, “Gender Differences in Retirement Decision in Hong Kong”, Journal of Women and Aging (accepted, forthcoming)

William KM Lee, “Aging in Singapore: Towards a National Framework for Elderly Care” Social Development Issues  , Center for Social Development, Washington University, St. Louis, (accepted, forthcoming)

William KM Lee and Kwok Hong-kin, “Older Women and Informal Support: Differences in Filial Expectations and Practices. Journal of Women and Aging, Haworth Publishers, Vol. 17(1), Spring 2005, pp. 129-150.

William KM Lee and Kenneth Law, “Retirement Planning in Hong Kong: An analysis of Age, Education and Income differences”, Social Development Issues, Center for Social Development, Washington University, St. Louis,  Lyeum Books, Vol. 26 (2/3), Fall 2004: 109-127.

William KM Lee, Living Arrangements and Informal Support for the Elderly: Alteration to Intergenerational Relationships in Hong Kong, Journal of Intergenerational  Relationships. , Haworth Publishers, Vol.2 (2), 2004: 27-50.

William KM Lee and Kenneth Law, “Retirement Planning and Retirement Satisfaction: The Need for a National Retirement Program and Policy in Hong Kong” Journal of Applied Gerontology, Sage Publications, Vol.23 (3), September 2004:212-233

William KM Lee, “Ethnicity and Economic Marginality: An Analysis of Ethnic Income Inequality in Singapore”, Asian Ethnicity, Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 5 (1): 27-41, 2004.

William KM Lee, “Women and Retirement Planning: Towards the Feminization of Poverty in Aging Hong Kong” Journal of Women and Aging Volume 15(1): 31-54, 2003.

William KM Lee, “Gender Ideology and Domestic Division of Labour in Middle-Class Chinese Families in Hong Kong”. Gender, Place and Culture. Carfax Publishing, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 9 (3): 245-260, 2002. (abstracted in Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

William KM Lee “Poverty Policy in Hong Kong: Western Models and Cultural Divergence”, Social Development Issues, Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Vol.24 (1): 45-55, 2002

William KM Lee, Anita Ng and David Phillips, “Persistence and challenges to filial piety and informal support: a case study in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong”, Journal of Aging Studies, Vol.16: 1-20, 2002, Elsevier Science.

William KM Lee, “The Feminization of Poverty in an Aged Population in Hong Kong: The Recycling of Poverty in the Workplace to Retirement”, The Asian Journal of Women Studies, Ewha Womans University Press, Asian Centre for Women Studies, Korea, Vol. 7 (3): 31-62, 2001.

William KM Lee “Ethnicity and Ageing in Singapore”, Asian Ethnicity, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 2 (2): 163-176, 2001.

William KM Lee “Economic Restructuring in Singapore: A Reflection of Regional Security in Southeast Asia”, Asian  Affairs , Heldref Publications, Volume 27 (4): 211-222. 2001.

William KM Lee, “The Poor in Singapore: Issues and Options”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Macquarie University, Vol.31 (1): 57-70, 2001.

William KM Lee “Gender, Education and Work in Hong Kong: Moving Towards Greater Equality of Opportunity?”, Politics and Economics of Asia, Nova Science Publishers, 2001: 157-174.

William KM Lee, “Income Growth and Inequality in Singapore”, Social Development Issues. Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Vol. 22 (No. 2 &3): 77-85, 2000.

William KM Lee, “Women Employment in Colonial Hong Kong”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Macquarie University, Vol.30 (2): 246-264, 2000.

William KM Lee, “Gender Differences in Ageing in Singapore: Poverty and Income Maintenance”, Social Development Issues, Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Vol. 21(3): 31-41, 1999.

William KM Lee, “Economic and Social Implications of Ageing in Singapore”, Journal of Ageing and Social Policy, The Haworth Press, Vol. 10 (4): 73-92, 1999.

William KM Lee, “Income Protection and the Elderly: An Examination of Social Security Policy in Singapore”, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 13 (4): 291-307, 1998.

William KM Lee, “Gender Inequality and Discrimination in Singapore”, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Macquarie University, Vol.28 (4): 484-497, 1998.

Teaching Subjects | Top

Academic Year:  2007-2008:
1st Term:	SOC204	Society and Social Change
2nd Term	SOC334	Science, Technology and Society
Pass Academic Year:  2006-2007:
1st Term:	SOC204	Society and Social Change
2nd Term	SOC324	Work and Occupation

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