Social policy reform in China : views from home and abroad
"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."--
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Social planning |
| Publication Year: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, 2018. |
| ISBN: | 9781138718425 1138718424 |
| Series: | Routledge revivals |
| Notes: | First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing. Includes bibliographical references and index. chapter 1 Foreword / Catherine Jones Finer -- part PART 1: ON DRAWING LESSONS, IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINA -- chapter 2 When all other Conditions are not Equal: The Context for Drawing Lessons / Richard Rose -- chapter 3 The Context of Social Policy Reform in China: Theoretical, Comparative and Historical Perspectives / Sheying Chen -- chapter 4 The Policy Process in Contemporary China: Mechanisms of Politics and Government / Bo Peng -- chapter 5 Paradigm Shifts in Social Welfare Policy Making in China: Struggling between Economic Efficiency and Social Equity / Hsiao-hung Nancy Chen -- part PART 2: POLICY SECTORS UNder SCRUTINY -- chapter 6 Policies Geared to Tackling Social Inequality and Poverty in China / Xinping Guan -- chapter 7 Reflections on Inequality and Poverty in China / David Piachaud -- chapter 8 Labour Market Construction and Labour Mobility in Urban China / Fenyu Wang -- chapter 9 The British Labour Market and Labour Market Policy in Comparative Perspective / Jochen Clasen -- chapter 10 Pension Reform in China / Nelson Chow -- chapter 11 Reforming Pensions / Alan Walker -- chapter 12 Financing Health Care in China's Cities: Balancing Needs and Entitlements -- chapter 13 China’s Health Policy: A Comparative Footnote / Rudolf Klein -- chapter 14 Progress and Problems of Urban Housing Reform / Ya Ping Wang -- chapter 15 Housing in China: A View from the West / John Doling -- chapter 16 Women’s Rights and Protection Policy in China: Achievements and Problems / Peiqun He -- chapter 17 Women’s Rights and Gender Issues / Jane Lewis -- chapter 18 Social Care and Voluntary Action in China: The Policy of ‘Societalizing Social Welfare’ and its Effects / Tao Chen -- chapter 19 Voluntary Action, Social Care and Social Work: A UK Response / Nicholas Deakin -- chapter 20 Afterword / Catherine Jones Finer. |
| Course: |
SW507 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (4/F) | 361.610951 SOC 2018 | Available |