Globalization and Welfare Restructuring in China

The Authoritarianism That Listens?
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-59585-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 270 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary China Series

In the past few decades, the change in China’s welfare system has been characterised by a balanced distribution of benefits across social sectors and the institutionalization of welfare redistribution. This process has occurred without significant political change that would empower politically disadvantaged groups such as the urban and rural poor. This book questions what has motivated the regime to redistribute welfare benefits through an institutionalized manner whilst its political structure remains largely unchanged.

By situating China within the broader context of East Asia and against the backdrop of globalization since the 1980s, this book examines the institutional origin and development of China’s new welfare system. Through doing this, it provides an understanding of the nature of the Chinese state in dealing with its economy and society in a context of global economic integration. A global-local dynamics framework highlights the importance of the interactive relationship between China’s integration into the world economy and its unique geopolitical constraints, which together induce the regime to listen to its subjects and follow a "move to the middle" in welfare restructuring.

Offering a novel explanation of the welfare-globalization relations in a non-democratic setting, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Social Policy, International Political Economy and Chinese Politics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shou, Huisheng

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Disentangling the Welfare-Globalization Nexus in the Developing World 3. Global Dynamics of Welfare Restructuring in China: An Overview 4. Construction of Social Assistance 5. Restructuring of Social Security 6. Regional Variations of Welfare Protection 7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Huisheng Shou is a senior researcher at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, China. His research focuses on comparative and international political economy, international development, and social policies in developing countries.