Marginalization and Social Welfare in China

This book provides a systematic analysis that defines and accounts for the contours and operation of China's welfare system. It is underpinned by recent empirical research and strong comparative theory, and will be welcomed as a significant advance in furthering our understanding of social welfare in China.

List of contents

Tables and Figures. Preface. Foreword. 1. Chinese socialism and social welfare 2. The culture of welfare -the pre-revolutionary legacy 3. Social welfare in the first three decades 4. The new welfare challenge 5. Welfare for veterans and peasants 6. Urban Welfare and mutual aid 7. The role of the state 8. Utilitarian Chinese familism 9. The collective canopy 10. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

About the author

Linda Wong is Associate Professor in the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong. She is co-editor with Stewart MacPherson of Social Change and Social Policy in Contemporary China, and has written on social welfare, social insurance, migration and employment issues in China under reform.

Summary

Marginalisation and Social Welfare in China provides a systematic analysis, underpinned by recent empirical research and strong comparative theory, that defines and accounts for the contours and operation of China's welfare system.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Wong, Wong Linda
• Assisted by: Robert Pinker (Foreword)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.01.1998
• EAN: 9780415133128
• ISBN: 978-0-415-13312-8
• No. of pages: 262
• Weight: 640 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies