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Social welfare in transitional China

Han, Keqing.

Social welfare in transitional China

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Social welfare in transitional Chinaby Keqing Han.
Author:	Han, Keqing.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Singapore :2020.
Description:	xxi, 405 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Welfare state.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9660-2
ISBN:	9789813296602$q(electronic bk.)

Social welfare in transitional China
Han, Keqing.

Social welfare in transitional China[electronic resource] /by Keqing Han. - Singapore :Springer Singapore :2020. - xxi, 405 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - Sociology, media and journalism in China. - Sociology, media and journalism in China..

Part I Central Concepts -- Introduction -- China's social transition and social welfare reform -- Impact of economic globalization on China's social welfare policy -- Financial crisis and institutional countermeasures amid China's social welfare reconstruction -- Social stratification objectives of China's welfare construction -- Civil society and China's social welfare reform -- Social quality theory and its enlightenment to China's welfare reform -- "Third Way" theory and Chinese way of welfare reform -- Part II China's welfare system -- Development of China's elderly welfare in the transitional period -- Development of welfare for the Chinese disabled in the transitional period -- Changes on children's palace and fulfillment of child welfare in China -- Welfare reconstruction for the urban poor: taking the subsistence security system as an example -- Social mobility and urban inclusion of migrant workers.

At a time of significant transformations in Chinese society, this book addresses the key issue of social welfare and the reform of the welfare system in 21st century China. Considering both the theory and policy making across a variety of welfare issues which directly impact on the country's economic development, it examines the development of civil society, changes in social stratification and in social class structure. It notably considers the key questions of welfare in both urban and rural settings, for different population groups such as children, the elderly and the disabled, addressing topical issues of housing, education, public health, poverty and the restructuring of related welfare policy system to tackle China's key issues. It also considers the impact of migrant workers in China and their social integration, including within the welfare system. Providing a unique insight into how economic globalization and financial crisis affects Chinese social welfare policies, this book is a key read for scholars worldwide interested in social transformation in Chinese society at a time of significant social and economic transition.

ISBN: 9789813296602$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-32-9660-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

178436
Welfare state.

LC Class. No.: HN733.5

Dewey Class. No.: 361.65

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