The Market In Chinese Social Policy
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Author |
: L. Wong |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 181 |
Release |
: 2001-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781403919939 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1403919933 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Market in Chinese Social Policy by : L. Wong
The introduction of market reforms has radically transformed China. Marketizing Social Policy in China examines the impact of a shift to market principles in the critical sector of social policy. The authors demonstrate how social policy reform has been driven by economic transformation, as profound structural change produced inevitable knock-on effects in people's livelihood. Marketization in social policy in turn creates new needs and raises issues that challenge commonly accepted notions of public-private responsibilities in a society undergoing rapid and deep social change.
Author |
: Kinglun Ngok |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2015-10-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317937012 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317937015 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis China's Social Policy by : Kinglun Ngok
This book critically and comprehensively examines China’s welfare development amidst its rapid economic growth and increasing social tensions. It covers the main policy areas from China’s inception of the open door policy in 1978 to the new administration of Jinping Xi and Keqiang Li, including social security, health, education, housing, employment, rural areas, migrant workers, children and young people, disabled people, old age pensions and non-governmental organisations. In particular, it critically analyses the impact of policy changes on the well-being of Chinese people
Author |
: Chak Kwan Chan |
Publisher |
: Policy Press |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 2008-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781861348807 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1861348800 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Social Policy in China by : Chak Kwan Chan
This much-needed new textbook introduces readers to the development of China's welfare polices since its conception of an open-door policy in 1978. Setting out basic concepts and issues, including key terms and the process of policy making, it overcomes a major barrier to understanding Chinese social policy. The book explores in detail the five key policy areas of employment, social security, health, education and housing. Each is examined using a human well-being framework comprising both qualitative and quantitative data and eight dimensions: physical and psychological well-being, social integration, fulfilment of caring duties, human learning and development, self-determination, equal value and just polity. This enables the authors to provide not only factual information on policies but also an in-depth understanding of the impact of welfare changes on the quality of life of Chinese people over the past three decades. A major strength of the book lies in its use of primary Chinese language sources, including relevant White Papers, central and local government policy documents, academic research studies and newspapers for each policy area. There are very few books in English on social policy in China, and this book will be welcomed both by academics and students of China and East Asian studies and comparative social policy and by those who want to know more about China's social development.
Author |
: Jiwei Qian |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2021-09-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789811650253 |
ISBN-13 |
: 981165025X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Political Economy of Making and Implementing Social Policy in China by : Jiwei Qian
This book explores the institutional factors in social policymaking and implementation in China. From the performance evaluation system for local cadres to the intergovernmental fiscal system, local policy experimentation, logrolling among government departments, and the “top-level” design, there are a number of factors that make policy in China less than straightforward. The book argues that it is bureaucratic incentive structure lead to a fragmented and stratified welfare system in China. Using a variety of Chinese- and English-language sources, including central and local government documents, budgetary data, household surveys, media databases, etc., this book covers the development of China’s pensions, health insurance, unemployment insurance, and social assistance programs since the 1990s, with a focus on initiatives since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing a deeper understanding of policymaking and implementation in China, this book interests scholars of public administration, political economy, Asian politics, and social development.
Author |
: Douglas Besharov |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2013-05-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199990337 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199990336 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition by : Douglas Besharov
The story of China's spectacular economic growth is well known. Less well known is the country's equally dramatic, though not always equally successful, social policy transition. Between the mid- 1990s and mid-2000s---the focal period for this book---China's central government went a long way toward consolidating the social policy framework that had gradually emerged in piecemeal fashion during the initial phases of economic liberalization. Major policy decisions during the focal period included adopting a single national pension plan for urban areas, standardizing unemployment insurance, (re)establishing nationwide rural health care coverage, opening urban education systems to children of rural migrants, introducing trilingual education policies in ethnic minority regions, expanding college enrolment, addressing the challenge of HIV/AIDS more comprehensively, and equalizing social welfare spending across provinces, among others. Unresolved is the direction of policy in the face of longer-term industrial and demographic trends---and the possibility of a chronically weak global economy. Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition offers scholars, practitioners, students, and policymakers a foundation from which to explore those issues based on a composite snapshot of Chinese social policy at its point of greatest maturation prior to the 2007 global crisis.
Author |
: Douglas Besharov |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 314 |
Release |
: 2013-05-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199990320 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199990328 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition by : Douglas Besharov
The story of China's spectacular economic growth is well known. Less well known is the country's equally dramatic, though not always equally successful, social policy transition. Between the mid- 1990s and mid-2000s---the focal period for this book---China's central government went a long way toward consolidating the social policy framework that had gradually emerged in piecemeal fashion during the initial phases of economic liberalization. Major policy decisions during the focal period included adopting a single national pension plan for urban areas, standardizing unemployment insurance, (re)establishing nationwide rural health care coverage, opening urban education systems to children of rural migrants, introducing trilingual education policies in ethnic minority regions, expanding college enrolment, addressing the challenge of HIV/AIDS more comprehensively, and equalizing social welfare spending across provinces, among others. Unresolved is the direction of policy in the face of longer-term industrial and demographic trends---and the possibility of a chronically weak global economy. Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition offers scholars, practitioners, students, and policymakers a foundation from which to explore those issues based on a composite snapshot of Chinese social policy at its point of greatest maturation prior to the 2007 global crisis.
Author |
: Joe C. B. Leung |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 195 |
Release |
: 2015-04-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780745690476 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0745690475 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis China's Social Welfare by : Joe C. B. Leung
The extraordinary rise of China is one of the greatest global stories of recent times. However, China's development has been described as ‘uneven, uncoordinated, and unsustainable’, and has now reached a critical turning point. To transform itself into a successful high-income economy, China urgently needs to develop a new welfare regime. Social policy and social welfare programmes are pivotal not only to meet mounting social needs but also to promote social cohesion. This timely book explores key turning points in China’s trajectory, from the creation of a socialist egalitarian society promising a relatively stable livelihood at the expense of economic development, through the market-oriented reforms which have dismantled the traditional social protection system. The authors present the formidable social challenges ahead, including demographic shift, residential migration, and corrosive inequalities, and outline the emerging forms of social security protection in urban and rural areas, community-based social care services, non-governmental organizations and the social work profession. To redress inequalities and strengthen social cohesion, China needs to construct a robust developmental and redistributive strategy with shared responsibility between different levels of governments, as well as between civil society, the state and the market. This comprehensive and astute guide to one of China’s key current challenges will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, welfare, sociology and political science, and all interested in contemporary China.
Author |
: Catherine Jones Finer |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2017-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781351761420 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1351761420 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis Social Policy Reform in China by : Catherine Jones Finer
This title was first published in 2003.The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a timely example of social policy reform in a socialist market economy. This important and topical edited collection brings together leading Chinese and Western experts to introduce and integrate policy issues of the PRC into the mainstream of cross-national social policy debate. Drawing upon comparativist expertise in relevant aspects of social policy, the book explores the ways in which the PRC has or has not taken lessons from abroad in key social policy respects and illustrates policy-relevant relations between Chinese and Western perspectives. The contributors identify those aspects of China’s recent social policy reforms that seem the most and least likely to appeal to Western societies. The collection therefore represents a substantial advance in two-way, East-West lesson learning in social and public policy.
Author |
: Litao Zhao |
Publisher |
: World Scientific |
Total Pages |
: 245 |
Release |
: 2009-08-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789814467452 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9814467456 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis China's New Social Policy: Initiatives For A Harmonious Society by : Litao Zhao
After more than 30 years of rapid development, China has established herself as an important engine of growth for the world economy. This achievement, however, came with a heavy price, in the form of serious pollution in its developed regions and social problems in areas such as healthcare and housing. This publication studies some of such problems and provides an updated account on a wide range of new social policy initiatives in China.China's New Social Policy distinguishes itself from other literature in this field. It undertakes a general methodology that assesses the social impact brought about by the market-oriented changes in China's social policies, and contests the idea whether market-oriented development can result in a more sustainable society. All chapters in the book are crafted by prominent scholars, which include Professor Zheng Yongnian, Director of the East Asian Institute, and Professor Gu Xin, School of Government, Peking University.
Author |
: Ka-Ho Mok |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2013-11-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134575077 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134575076 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Managing Social Change and Social Policy in Greater China by : Ka-Ho Mok
East Asia is at the heart of the global economic transformation, and the countries of the region are witnessing rapidly changing labour markets, alongside the pressure to cut production costs and lower taxes in order to become successful ‘competition states’. These changes have resulted in increased welfare demands which governments, organizations and agencies across the region have had to address. This book examines welfare regimes in the Greater China region, encompassing mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In so doing, it explores the ways in which the rapid growth and internationalisation of the economy across Greater China is presenting new social policy challenges that governments, social welfare organizations and agencies in the region are having to respond to. Rather than simply describing and categorising welfare systems, the contributors to this volume add to our understanding of how one of the major economic transformations of the contemporary era in East Asia is shaping welfare provision in the region. In turn, in this context of economic change, they examine the new strategies and measures that have been adopted in order to reduce the heavy burden on the state in terms of welfare provision, whilst also attempting to diversify funding and provision sources to meet the pressing welfare needs. Based upon extensive fieldwork by leading scholars of social policy, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Asian social policy, comparative development and social policy, social welfare and Chinese studies.