Providing public goods in transitional China / Tony Saich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saich, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human services--Government policy--China.

Human services.

Human services--Government policy.

China.

Physical Description:

xvi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

China's leaders faced a major challenge to provide citizens with acceptable social welfare during the economic transition. They are confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups into existing systems. The book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance, and social relief.

Contents:

Public goods regimes and social welfare provision and China

Welfare provision, 1949-1979

The provision of public goods during the reform period

Challenges in the health system

Dealing with public health crises and pandemics

Building a new social insurance system

Poverty relief and social assistance

Providing social welfare: states, markets, and civil society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-229) and index.

ISBN:

0230609511

9780230609518

OCLC:

213765803

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