Rural Welfare In China

Author : Yi Pan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : 3319566261

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Rural Welfare in China by Yi Pan Pdf

This comprehensive reference views China's welfare system through a cultural-historical lens to integrate its complex story into the global study of welfare. Focusing on the mainland's vast, mainly rural population and its long and complicated history, it analyzes rural welfare from the imperial dynasties, to the socialist planned economy under Mao Zedong, to its recent history in the current market economy. Findings from government and academics explore salient topics such as urban/rural inequity, the situation of migrant workers, change of social security system, the community development of the countryside, and the relationships of rural welfare policy with social structure, cultural background, economic development and political institution. This broad and deep knowledge gives readers the tools necessary for understanding the relationship of China's unique and nuanced past to its prominent status in the evolving global economy. Among the book's topics: Welfare studies in the West and China Welfare practice in the period of 1840-1949 Creation of the Socialist Welfare System: socialist reformation and construction The Social Security system in rural China, 1979-1998 Re-collectivized process in welfare and economy Welfare's political contexts: rural grass-roots democracy With its accessible, up-to-date coverage and holistic approach to its subject, Rural Welfare in China will find a diverse interested audience, including sociologists, political economists, and social policymakers.

Author : John W. Bruce, Zongmin Li
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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"Crossing the river while feeling the rocks": Incremental land reform and its impact on rural welfare in China by John W. Bruce, Zongmin Li Pdf

Author : Stephen Feuchtwang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000009538

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Transforming China's Economy In The Eighties by Stephen Feuchtwang Pdf

This is the first of two volumes on the transformation of China since 1978. The second volume concentrates on the government administration of the reforms which have brought changes in economic organization; it deals with the urban economy. The focus of this volume is on changes in the rural economy, provision for basic needs such as nutrition and

Author : Kinglun Ngok,Chak Kwan Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317937012

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China's Social Policy by Kinglun Ngok,Chak Kwan Chan Pdf

This book critically and comprehensively examines China’s welfare development amidst its rapid economic growth and increasing social tensions. It covers the main policy areas from China’s inception of the open door policy in 1978 to the new administration of Jinping Xi and Keqiang Li, including social security, health, education, housing, employment, rural areas, migrant workers, children and young people, disabled people, old age pensions and non-governmental organisations. In particular, it critically analyses the impact of policy changes on the well-being of Chinese people

Author : B. Carrillo,J. Hood,P. I. Kadetz
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783472741

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Handbook of Welfare in China by B. Carrillo,J. Hood,P. I. Kadetz Pdf

The Handbook is a timely compilation dedicated to exploring a rare diversity of perspectives and content on the development, successes, reforms and challenges within China’s contemporary welfare system. It showcases an extensive introduction and 20 original chapters by leading and emerging area specialists who explore a century of welfare provision from the Nationalist era, up to and concentrating on economic reform and marketisation (1978 to the present). Organised around five key concerns (social security and welfare; emerging issues and actors; gaps; future challenges) chapters draw on original case-based research from diverse disciplines and perspectives, engage existing literature and further key debates.

Author : Gordon G. Liu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351143516

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Urbanization and Social Welfare in China by Gordon G. Liu Pdf

China's urban population growth rate has doubled in the past 20 years and the Chinese government has made further urbanization a developmental priority. How Chinese cities cope with such rapid population increases has become a question of critical concern. This book provides an analysis of the welfare implications of China's urbanization, the development of the labour market including migration between rural and urban sectors, and natural and social environmental issues arising from urbanization. The book covers both academic and policy perspectives and, together with its sister volume Urban Transformation in China, brings together a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary overview of China's urbanization.

Author : Beatriz Carrillo Garcia
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136735158

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Small Town China by Beatriz Carrillo Garcia Pdf

While much has been written about rural migrant workers’ experiences in the big cities, population movements into China’s vast network of towns and small cities has been largely neglected. This book presents a detailed case study of rural migrant workers experiences in a small town in a north China county. The author explores the processes and institutions that enable or preclude the social inclusion of rural workers into the town’s socio-economic system. Inclusion and exclusion are assessed through an examination of rural workers’ immersion into the urban labour market, their access to welfare benefits and to social services, such as housing, education and health. The book proposes that outside the larger cities there are alternative accounts of urban social change and of the integration of rural migrant workers. It stresses the fact that the particular socio-economic structure of towns, where the state-owned share of the economy has been smaller and where consequently social and private forces have been more active, allowed for a more open inclusion of rural workers. Though shortcomings are still observed, the book suggests that China's transformation may not necessarily result in dysfunctional and socially polarized urban environments. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of China’s rural migrant workers, bottom-up urbanization and small town development, social policy, and more broadly on contemporary social change in China.

Author : Jacob Eyferth,Peter Ho,Eduard Vermeer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135757069

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Rural Development in Transitional China by Jacob Eyferth,Peter Ho,Eduard Vermeer Pdf

Since the late 1970s, China has experienced the most rapid social and economic changes in world history. Over 200 million rural inhabitants were lifted out of absolute poverty and tens of millions became wealthier than the average urban resident. This book offers an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the social and economic changes that have swept through the Chinese countryside. Topics covered include: land tenure and rural labour, social welfare, poverty alleviation, rural resettlement, food security, natural resource management and rural industrialization.

Author : Yingwei Huang
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004513082

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Work Point System in Rural China by Yingwei Huang Pdf

This book provides insights into China’s agricultural collectivization by an analysis of the Chinese work point system, which is a series of labor organization rules and regulations used for the calculation of the amount and quality of labor and for determining the form of labor organization.

Author : China Development Research Foundation
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136828102

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Constructing a Social Welfare System for All in China by China Development Research Foundation Pdf

China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop. This book sets out the general objectives, principles and framework of a proposed new social welfare system for China, putting forward relevant policy recommendations. It provides a comprehensive overview of China’s current welfare services, including retirement pensions, education, health, employment, housing and social security payments, and goes on to cost the proposed new social welfare system and assess the government’s capacity for implementing it. It shows how the new system will, within an integrated framework, provide comprehensive welfare for all, including rural and urban citizens, migrant workers and disadvantaged groups such as rural and urban poor. It also shows how the new system will aim to balance economic and social development whilst maintaining China’s high economic growth rate, increasing domestic demand and promoting economic restructuring.

Author : Elisabeth Croll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038004912

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Women and Rural Development in China by Elisabeth Croll Pdf

How far will the current reforms in the Chinese countryside improve the position of peasant women? In this timely analysis, Elizabeth Croll examines China's new rural policies which have boosted agricultural production and radically altered its organisation. The inclusion in one book of an up-to-date analysis of rural developments in China and a detailed examination of the effects of rural development policies on women's production and reproduction between 1 949 and 1 978 provides the reader with a unique opportunity to study the implications of the collectivisation and decollectivisation of ag.

Author : Qin Gao
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190218140

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Welfare, Work, and Poverty by Qin Gao Pdf

Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of China's primary social assistance program -- Minimum Livelihood Guarantee, or Dibao -- since its inception in 1993. Dibao serves the dual function of providing a basic safety net for the poor and maintaining social and political stability. Despite currently being the world's largest welfare program in terms of population coverage, evidence on Dibao's performance has been lacking. This book offers important new empirical evidence and draws policy lessons that are timely and useful for both China and beyond. Specifically, author Qin Gao addresses the following questions: · How effective has Dibao been in targeting the poor and alleviating poverty? · Have the Dibao recipients been dependent on welfare or able to move from welfare to work? · How has Dibao affected recipients' consumption patterns and subjective well-being? · Do they use the Dibao subsidy to meet survival needs (such as food, clothing, and shelter) or invest in human capital (such as health and education)? · Are they distressed by the stigma associated with receiving Dibao or do they become more optimistic about future and enjoy greater life satisfaction because of the Dibao support? · And finally, what policy lessons can we learn from the existing evidence in order to strengthen and improve Dibao in the future? Answers to these questions not only help us gain an in-depth understanding of Dibao's performance, but also add the Chinese case to the growing international literature on comparative welfare studies. Welfare, Work, and Poverty is essential reading for political scientists, economists, sociologists, public policy researchers, and social workers interested in learning about and understanding contemporary China.

Author : Heather Xiaoquan Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135012649

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Rural Livelihoods in China by Heather Xiaoquan Zhang Pdf

In recent decades, China has undergone rapid economic growth, industrialisation and urbanisation concomitant with deep and extensive structural and social change, profoundly reshaping the country’s development landscape and urban-rural relationships. This book applies livelihoods approaches to deepen our understanding of the changes and continuities related to rural livelihoods within the wider context of political economy of development in post-socialist China, bridging the urban and rural scenarios and probing the local, national and global dynamics that have impacted on livelihood, in particular its mobility, security and sustainability. Presenting theoretically informed and empirically grounded research by leading scholars from across the world, this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on issues central to rural livelihoods, development, welfare and well-being. It documents and analyses the processes and consequences of change, focusing on social protection of mobile livelihoods, particularly rural migrants’ citizenship rights in the city, and the environmental, social and political aspects of sustainability in the countryside. This book contributes to the current scholarly and policy debates, and is among the first attempts to critically reflect on China’s market transition and the associated pathways to change. It will be of interest to students in international development studies, China studies, social policy, public health, political science, and environmental studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as academics, policy makers and practitioners who are concerned with China’s human and social development in general, and agriculture and rural livelihoods in particular.

Author : China Development Research Foundation
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351784832

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China's Rural Areas by China Development Research Foundation Pdf

The prosperity of China’s people has advanced very much in recent decades. However, in many respects China is still a developing country, and this is especially true of rural areas where economic progress has not been as marked as in urban areas and where many people still live in relative poverty. The Chinese government recognizes that more hard work is needed in order to improve prosperity in the countryside. This book provides a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the situation in China’s rural areas, assesses the effectiveness or otherwise of current policies, and puts forward proposals for further development. Subjects covered include the changing population profile of rural areas, land ownership, agricultural improvements, and local self-government.

Author : Chan, Chak Kwan,Ngok, Kinglun,David Phillips
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781861348807

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Social Policy in China by Chan, Chak Kwan,Ngok, Kinglun,David Phillips Pdf

This much-needed new textbook introduces readers to the development of China's welfare polices since its conception of an open-door policy in 1978. Setting out basic concepts and issues, including key terms and the process of policy making, it overcomes a major barrier to understanding Chinese social policy. The book explores in detail the five key policy areas of employment, social security, health, education and housing. Each is examined using a human well-being framework comprising both qualitative and quantitative data and eight dimensions: physical and psychological well-being, social integration, fulfilment of caring duties, human learning and development, self-determination, equal value and just polity. This enables the authors to provide not only factual information on policies but also an in-depth understanding of the impact of welfare changes on the quality of life of Chinese people over the past three decades. A major strength of the book lies in its use of primary Chinese language sources, including relevant White Papers, central and local government policy documents, academic research studies and newspapers for each policy area. There are very few books in English on social policy in China, and this book will be welcomed both by academics and students of China and East Asian studies and comparative social policy and by those who want to know more about China's social development.