Pension Policies for Rural Migrant Workers in China - An Analysis of the Policy Process

The author believes that any attempt to interpret and affect public policies should be grounded in an understanding of how policies are actually made and implemented. Viewing the policy cycle as a changing entity, this book sets out to explore and make sense out of the policy process maze through the case study of pension policies for rural migrant worker in China. In return, this case study can explain and advance the original policy process model in the wider context of China. This book contributes novel insights and concepts into understanding the dynamics of the policy making process and the contents of the policy products in terms of the public old-age pension provisions for China's rural migrant workers.

About the author

Holding a Ph.D degree of The University of Hong Kong, the author works in Beijing as an Assistant Professor in the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China. She has published extensively in the field of social policy. Her current research interests encompass old-age security, policy process, aging, and social assistance.

Product details

• Authors: Yu Guo
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9783659314339
• ISBN: 978-3-659-31433-9
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 382 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration