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)establishing nationwide rural health care coverage, opening urban education systems to children of rural migrants, introducing trilingual education policies in ethnic minority regions, expanding college enrolment, addressing the challenge of HIV/AIDS more comprehensively, and equalizing social welfare spending across provinces, among others. Unresolved is the direction of policy in the face of longer-term industrial and demographic trends---and the possibility of a chronically weak global economy. Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition offers scholars, practitioners, students, and policymakers a foundation from which to explore those issues based on a composite snapshot of Chinese social policy at its point of greatest maturation prior to the 2007 global crisis.
Edited by:
Douglas Besharov (Norman and Florence Brody Professor Norman and Florence Brody Professor University of Maryland School of Public Policy Chevy Chase MD USA),
Karen Baehler (Scholar in Residence,
School of Public Affairs,
Scholar in Residence,
School of Public Affairs,
American University,
Silver Spring,
MD,
USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 236mm,
Width: 189mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9780199990313
ISBN 10: 019999031X
Series: International Policy Exchange Series
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 25 July 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1. Introduction: Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition Karen Baehler and Douglas J. Besharov Chapter 2. Welfare Regimes in the Wake of State Socialism: China and Vietnam Jonathan London Chapter 3. Social Benefits and Income Inequality in Post-Socialist China and Vietnam Qin Gao, Martin Evans, and Irwin Garfinkel Chapter 4. Social Security Policy in the Context of Evolving Employment Policy Barry Friedman Chapter 5. Urban Social Insurance Provision: Regional and Workplace Variations Juan Chen and Mary Gallagher Chapter 6. Health and Rural Cooperative Medical Insurance Song Gao and Xiangyi Meng Chapter 7. The Quest for Welfare Spending Equalization: A Fiscal Federalism Perspective Xin Zhang Chapter 8. Financing Migrant Child Education Jing Guo Chapter 9. Labor Migration, Citizenship, and Social Welfare in China and India Josephine Smart, Reeta Tremblay, and Mostaem Billah Chapter 10. Ethnic Minorities and Trilingual Education Policies Bob Adamson, Feng Anwei, Liu Quanguo, and Li Qian, Chapter 11. Danwei, Family Ties, and Residential Mobility of Urban Elderly in Beijing Zhilin Liu and Yanwei Chai Chapter 12. Marriage, Parenthood, and Labor Outcomes for Women and Men Yuping Zhang and Emily Hannum Chapter 13. Implications of the College Expansion Policy for Social Stratification Wei-Jun Jean Yeung Chapter 14. The Evolving Response to HIV/AIDS Zunyou Wu, Sheena G. Sullivan, Yu Wang, Mary Jane Rotheram,and Roger Detels Index
Douglas J. Besharov is the Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on poverty, welfare, children and families, policy analysis, program evaluation, and performance management. He is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads a program in international policy exchanges. In 2008, he was President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and is currently APPAM's International Conference Coordinator. Karen Baehler is Scholar in Residence at the American University School of Public Affairs and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Australia New Zealand School of Government. Her research focuses on the theory and practice of policy analysis in social and environmental policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland.
Reviews for Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition
This book is one about the pioneering attempts to help China move forward along its transition path to improving social policy. It is successful in providingrich case studies, solid empirical evidence, and strong policy implications and recommendations.Thus it is suitable for researchers, practitioners and policy makers. Zhiming Cheng, University of Wollongong, Australia, Political Studies Review The volume is a valuable and engaging contribution to our understanding of the social policy implications of China's transtion ... It would be of interest to both specialists and those with a general interest in China. Danial R. Hammond, Journal of Social Policy
