China's Social Development and Policy

Into the next stage?
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-18299-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 430 g

Reihe: China Policy Series

In China, social development has fallen far behind economic development. This book looks at why this is the case, and poses the question of whether the conditions, structures and institutions that have locked China into unbalanced development are changing to pave the way for the next stage of development. Based on an empirical examination of ideological, structural and institutional transformations that have shaped China’s development experiences, the book analyses China’s reform and development in the social domain, including pension, healthcare, public housing, ethnic policy, and public expenditure on social programs. The book moves beyond descriptive analyses to understand the role of broader changes in shaping and redefining the pattern of development in China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhao, Litao

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Part 1: China into the Next Stage of Development 1. Society Must Be Defended: Reform, openness and social policy in China 2. China’s New Stage of Development Part 2: Social Policy Reform Moving to the Fore 3. Issues and Options for Social Security Reform in China 4. China’s Fiscal Expenditure on Social Security since 1978 5. Healthcare Reform: Where is China heading? 6. How Successful are China’s Public Housing Schemes? 7. China’s Rapid Demographic Transition and its Challenges to Social Security System 8. Political Dynamics of Social Policy Reform in China 9. Developmentalism, Secularism, Nationalism and Essentialism: Current Situation and Challenges of the Ethnic Issue in China Part 3: China's Social Development in a Comparative Perspective 10. The Evolving East Asian Welfare Regimes: The Case of China 11. Singapore’s Social Development Experience: Relevant Lesson for China?

Über Autor(innen)

Litao Zhao is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.