Economic Transitions With Chinese Characteristics Social Change During Thirty Years of Reform.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sweetman, Arthur.

Zhang, Jun, 1963 January 26-

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Economic conditions--1976-2000.

China.

Economic conditions.

China--Economic conditions--2000-.

China--Economic policy--1976-2000.

Economic policy.

China--Economic policy--2000-.

China--Politics and government--1976-2002.

Politics and government.

China--Politics and government--2002-.

China--Social conditions--1976-2000.

Social conditions.

China--Social conditions--2000-.

Physical Description:

viii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, [2009]

Summary:

Socioeconomic structures in China have altered dramatically since Deng Xiaoping promoted the policy of "Reform and Opening Up" in 1978. This collection explores social ramifications of the drive towards a more market-oriented economy.

Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics: Social Change During Thirty Years of Reform addresses social issues ranging from land tenure and housing to migration, inequality, education, labour markets, health care, and demographics. The affiliated volume, Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics: Thirty Years of Reform and Opening Up, first puts the economic situation into a broad context, and then looks at topics related to economic growth, finance, and technological change.

Contents:

Crossing the River by Touching the Stones: An Introduction to Social Change in China during "Reform and Opening" / Arthur Sweetman, Jun Zhang 1

I Land Tenure, Housing, and Migration

1 The Incompatibility of China's Rural Land System with and Increasingly Urbanized and Marketized Economy / Guanzhong James Wen 11

2 Housing and Education Reform in Urban China: No Longer Separate and Increasingly Unequal / Weili Ding, Steven F. Lehrer 35

3 Finding Housing in China: The Market-Oriented Reform of China's Urban Housing System / Zhao Chen, Jie Chen, Xiaofeng Liu 55

4 The Zhongyuan Economy and Returning Migrant Entrepreneurs / Naoki Murakami 73

II Social Issues

5 The Transition from a Managed Employment System Toward a Modern Labour Market / Gordon Betcherman, Ana Revenga, Minna Hahn Tong 93

6 The Thirty-Year Anti-Poverty Battle of a Large Agricultural Country / Yuan Zhang 115

7 Turning Away from Dependence on the Economic System: Looking Forward and Back on the Reform of China's Health Care System / John Cai 135

8 Demographic Change and Economic Reform / Zheng Wu, Christoph M. Schimmele, Shuzhuo Li 149

III Looking Forward

9 Ongoing Reform: The New Economic Policies Promoted by the 17th CCP Congress in 2007 / Shujie Yao, Stephen Morgan, Kailei Wei 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781553392347

1553392345

OCLC:

277196316