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Chinese social policy in a time of transition / edited by Douglas J. Besharov, Karen Baehler.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International Policy Exchange Series
- International policy exchange series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Social policy--20th century.
- China.
- China--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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)
- Contents:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition; 2 Welfare Regimes in the Wake of State Socialism: China and Vietnam; 3 Social Benefits and Income Inequality in Post-Socialist China and Vietnam; 4 Social Security Policy in the Context of Evolving Employment Policy; 5 Urban Social Insurance Provision: Regional and Workplace Variations; 6 Health and Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance; 7 The Quest for Welfare Spending Equalization: A Fiscal Federalism Perspective; 8 Financing Migrant Child Education
- 9 Labor Migration, Citizenship, and Social Welfare in China and India10 Ethnic Minorities and Trilingual Education Policies; 11 Danwei, Family Ties, and Residential Mobility of Urban Elderly in Beijing; 12 Marriage, Parenthood, and Labor Outcomes for Women and Men; 13 Implications of the College Expansion Policy for Social Stratification; 14 The Evolving Response to HIV/AIDS; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-71209-6
- 0-19-999033-6
- 0-19-999032-8
- OCLC:
- 854973519
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