Local Politics and Social Policy in China - Let Some Get Healthy First

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. China's national health system: ideological oscillations and incomplete reform; 3. Disaggregating authoritarian governance: provincial policy styles; 4. The pragmatist policy style; 5. The paternalist policy style; 6. The mixed policy style; 7. Center-local relations, pandemic politics, and local policy styles in comparative perspective; References.

About the author

Kerry Ratigan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She has published articles in journals including World Development, The China Quarterly, International Political Science Review, and Studies in Comparative International Development, among others.

Summary

Ratigan shows how distinct ways of governing in Chinese provinces shaped social policy priorities and implementation at the beginning of the 21st century. With a focus on health policy in China, this book also provides comparative examples from education, poverty alleviation, and housing policy.

Foreword

Shows how local actors shape social policy in China through distinct priorities and different approaches to governing.

Product details

• Authors: Kerry E. Ratigan, Kerry E. (Amherst College Ratigan
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009066020
• ISBN: 978-1-00-906602-0
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Politics and government, Constitution: government & the state