Social Policy Reform In Hong Kong And Shanghai A Tale Of Two Cities

Author : Linda Wong,Lynn T. White, III,Gui Shixun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781315498003

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Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities by Linda Wong,Lynn T. White, III,Gui Shixun Pdf

As the richest cities in the world's most populous nation, Hong Kong and Shanghai have recently experienced dynamic growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. These cities also have social problems whose solutions will cost money. Their urban populations are aging. Health finance at the level these "First World" cities demand threatens to consume a large portion of the municipal budgets. Eldercare and social security are now less well covered by traditional Chinese families. Education has become more complex and public tuition, where it occurs, brings with it official plans for schools. Immigrants have flocked to Shanghai from inland China, and Hong Kong's border has become a protector of the former colony's high productivity jobs. Housing problems also have deeply affected both cities, albeit in somewhat different ways. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences between social policies in the two cities. Each chapter covers a different issue: health finance, housing, education, labor, poverty and social security, eldercare, and migration and competitiveness. The contributors explore pertinent developments in each city and analyze the similarities and differences between the two cities' approaches to social policies. They focus on policy reform and the interface between social policy and its environment. One main theme throughout the book is the extent to which spending for capital accumulation is in conflict with spending for social policies.

Author : Linda Wong,Lynn T. White, III,Gui Shixun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781315497990

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Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities by Linda Wong,Lynn T. White, III,Gui Shixun Pdf

As the richest cities in the world's most populous nation, Hong Kong and Shanghai have recently experienced dynamic growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. These cities also have social problems whose solutions will cost money. Their urban populations are aging. Health finance at the level these "First World" cities demand threatens to consume a large portion of the municipal budgets. Eldercare and social security are now less well covered by traditional Chinese families. Education has become more complex and public tuition, where it occurs, brings with it official plans for schools. Immigrants have flocked to Shanghai from inland China, and Hong Kong's border has become a protector of the former colony's high productivity jobs. Housing problems also have deeply affected both cities, albeit in somewhat different ways. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences between social policies in the two cities. Each chapter covers a different issue: health finance, housing, education, labor, poverty and social security, eldercare, and migration and competitiveness. The contributors explore pertinent developments in each city and analyze the similarities and differences between the two cities' approaches to social policies. They focus on policy reform and the interface between social policy and its environment. One main theme throughout the book is the extent to which spending for capital accumulation is in conflict with spending for social policies.

Author : J. Midgley,K. Tang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230582194

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Social Security, the Economy and Development by J. Midgley,K. Tang Pdf

This book explores the complex relationship between social security and economic development, arguing that social security contributes positively to economic development by promoting social investments that not only foster economic growth but enhance social welfare for all. The contributors analyse the various forms of social security, and, through comprehensive analysis of country experiences, demonstrates that the relationship between social security and economic development defies the simplistic interpretations currently popular in literature on the subject. A variety of country case studies are explored including Britain, Chile, China, India, Korea, Norway, Singapore, South Africa and the United States. This topical volume is a vital companion for all interested in the dynamics of the relationship between social security and the economy.

Author : Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317748632

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Health Insurance Reforms in Asia by Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk Pdf

This book empirically examines health care financing reforms and popular responses in three major cities in East Asia: Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It adopts a new revised version of the theory of historical institutionalism to compare and explain the divergent reform paths in these three places over the past three decades. It also examines forces that propel institutional change. The book provides three detailed case studies on the development of health care financing reforms and the politics of implementing them. It shows that health care systems in Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong were the products of Western presence in the nineteenth century. It illustrates how greater attention is paid to the roles played by ideas, actors, and environmental triggers without abandoning the core assumptions that political institutions and policy feedback remain central to impact health care financing reforms. It shows that health care financing reform is shaped by a complex interplay of forces over time. It also provides the most updated material about health care financing reforms in Shanghai, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The central argument of this book is that health care financing reform is both an evolving process responding to changing circumstances and a political process revealing an intricate interplay of power relationships and diverse interests. It shows that institutional changes in health care financing system can be incremental but transformative in nature. It argues that social policies will continue to develop and welfare states will continue to adapt and evolve in order to cope with new risks and needs. This book sheds new lights on understanding the politics of health care financing reform and sources and modes of institutional change.

Author : Misa Izuhara
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857930293

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Handbook on East Asian Social Policy by Misa Izuhara Pdf

Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, there have been substantial developments and reforms in social policy in the region but the development paths have been uneven. Until recently, comparative analysis of East Asian social policy tends to have focused on the established welfare state of Japan and the emerging welfare regimes of four Tiger Economies. Much of the recent debate indeed preceded Chinas re-emergence onto the world economy. In this context, this Handbook brings China more fully into the contemporary social policy debates in East Asia. Organised around five themes from welfare state developments, to theories and methodologies, to current social policy issues, the Handbook presents original research from leading specialists in the fields, and provides a fresh and updated perspective to the study of social policy. Providing a comparative international approach, this Handbook will appeal to academics, researchers and students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels working in the fields of social policy, as well as policy makers and practitioners who are interested in social policy lessons from other societies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814465984

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Social Cohesion in Greater China by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cindy Wong,Gary McDonogh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317793755

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Global Hong Kong by Cindy Wong,Gary McDonogh Pdf

Global Hong Kong locates Hong Kong in the contemporary globalizing world. Hong Kong, as the authors argue, is an archetypal place, sitting at the intersection of East and West. It is also a major center for global capital flows and world trade. Moreover, in recent years, the island's global cultural power has become increasingly evident, as Hong Kong popular culture has spread to the West via a booming film industry. While looking at issues of postcoloniality, transnationalism and economic globalization, Wong and McDonogh focus on the new cultures and social formations of contemporary Hong Kong, as well as the transformation of the physical city itself. They also trace the new interconnections - economic, demographic, social and cultural - between Hong Kong and other parts of the worldthat have benn fostered by globalization. Books in this series look at how nations and regions across the world are navigating the tumultuous currents of globalization. Concise, descriptive, interdisciplinary, and theoretically informed, they serve as ideal introductions to the peoples and places of our increasingly globalized world.

Author : Ming K. Chan,Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461672289

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The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR by Ming K. Chan,Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo Pdf

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is located on the southeastern coast of China, and the Macao SAR can be found off of China's southern coast. Both regions have recently been released from European colonial rule: Hong Kong from British control in 1997 and Macao from Portugal in 1999. As SARs, Hong Kong and Macao retain a high degree of autonomy, and they control all issues except those of state (e.g. diplomatic relations and national defense). The A to Z of the Hong Kong SAR and the Macao SAR includes maps, photographs, a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, and events as well as political, economic and social background. However, unlike the rest of the series, all these sections are presented in duplicate: one for Hong Kong and one for Macao. The authoritative analysis and informative data presented clearly elucidate the unique situation of these two territories.

Author : Chack-kie Wong,Vai Io Lo,Kwong-Leung Tang
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health care reform
ISBN : 073911350X

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China's Urban Health Care Reform by Chack-kie Wong,Vai Io Lo,Kwong-Leung Tang Pdf

The authors find that economic growth does not automatically improve health care, and that prioritizing health care as China has done does not necessarily lead to cost efficiency and equity in health care for the whole nation.

Author : Peter Clark
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199589531

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The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History by Peter Clark Pdf

In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time. Written by leading scholar, this is the first detailed survey of the world's cities and towns from ancient times to the present day.

Author : Yanyu Zhou
Publisher : IAP
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607529637

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Success for All by Yanyu Zhou Pdf

This book provides a detailed account of an educational experiment in a middle school in Shanghai, China. The school, called Zhabei No. 8 Middle School (hereafter No. 8 School), is located in a run-down, lower working class district. Since the mid-1980s the school has experimented on an educational reform program called success education, aiming to help those at-risk students to be successful in school. This book illustrates how this educational experiment has been carried out and to identify experiences that could be learned by the international educational community. The book analyzes the critical role played by Principal Liu Jinghai, and particular attention is paid to the strategies adopted by the school to help enhance students’ self-esteem through integrating love and care throughout the school’s curriculum and activities. The pivotal roles played by teachers called “class directors” are meticulously studied, and efforts the school has made to collaborate with parents and the local community are examined. An ethnographic approach was used to gather data in this study. A combination of interviews, participant observation, and document analysis was applied to arrive at a systematic and complex understanding of this educational endeavor in China.

Author : Lewis G. Irwin
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 0765612925

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The Policy Analyst's Handbook by Lewis G. Irwin Pdf

Selected Contents: 1. The Scientific Method, Social Science, and Policy Analysis2. Defining the Problem3. Generating Potential Courses of Action4. Cost-Benefit Analysis5. Multi-Attribute Analysis6. Articulating the Recommendation7. Implementation and Beyond

Author : Joseph Y. S. CHENG
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 931 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789629371456

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The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Its First Decade by Joseph Y. S. CHENG Pdf

This book with 24 essays will appeal to local and international readers interested in Hong Kong. The latter include the international financial and business community, researchers in Asian Studies, journalists and educated tourists. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press. 香港城市大學出版社出版。

Author : Pineda-Alfonso, José A.,De Alba-Fernández, Nicolás,Navarro-Medina, Elisa
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522571117

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Handbook of Research on Education for Participative Citizenship and Global Prosperity by Pineda-Alfonso, José A.,De Alba-Fernández, Nicolás,Navarro-Medina, Elisa Pdf

Active participation in processes of change are an essential aspect of community participation, and proper recognition of opportunities for participation facilitate community engagement nationally and internationally. Education and its relation to citizenship in recent years has become one of the most important fields of research. From different areas and contexts, it has been revealed that there is a prevailing need for education for citizens to take part actively in the processes of change and improvement that the current global situation requires. The Handbook of Research on Education for Participative Citizenship and Global Prosperity is a pivotal reference source focusing on the productions and fields of study that are carried out all over the world on education for citizenship, namely the devices that provide young people with the consciousness and highlight the aspects of an active democratic life. While highlighting topics such as citizenship identity, educational policy, and social justice, this publication explores participation instruction, as well as the methods of community involvement. This book is ideally designed for educational administrators, policymakers, researchers, professionals, and educators seeking current research on instructional methods for teaching active community and political involvement.

Author : Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315516271

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Financing Healthcare in China by Sabrina Ching Yuen Luk Pdf

China’s current social medical insurance system has nominally covered more than 95 per cent of 1.4 billion population in China and is moving towards the ambitious goal of universal health insurance coverage. Challenges posed by a rapidly ageing population, an inherently discriminatory design of the health insurance system, the disorder of drug distribution system and an immature legal system constrain the Chinese government from realizing its goal of universal health insurance coverage in the long run. This book uses a refined version of historical institutionalism to critically examine China's pathway to universal health insurance coverage since the mid-1980s. It pays crucial attention to the processes of transforming China's healthcare financing system into the basic social medical insurance system alongside rapid socio-economic changes. Financing Healthcare in China will interest researchers and government and think-tank officials interested in the state of healthcare reforms in China. Healthcare specialists outside of East Asia may also be interested in its general study of healthcare in developing countries. Scholars and students interested in the healthcare field will also find this useful.