Description: Further DetailsTitle: China's Social WelfareCondition: NewEAN: 9780745680569ISBN: 9780745680569Publisher: Polity PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 02/27/2015Item Height: 212mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 24mmItem Weight: 432gLanguage: EnglishDescription: The extraordinary rise of China is one of the greatest global stories of recent times. However, China's development has been described as ‘uneven, uncoordinated, and unsustainable’, and has now reached a critical turning point. To transform itself into a successful high-income economy, China urgently needs to develop a new welfare regime. Social policy and social welfare programmes are pivotal not only to meet mounting social needs but also to promote social cohesion.This timely book explores key turning points in China’s trajectory, from the creation of a socialist egalitarian society promising a relatively stable livelihood at the expense of economic development, through the market-oriented reforms which have dismantled the traditional social protection system. The authors present the formidable social challenges ahead, including demographic shift, residential migration, and corrosive inequalities, and outline the emerging forms of social security protection in urban and rural areas, community-based social care services, non-governmental organizations and the social work profession. To redress inequalities and strengthen social cohesion, China needs to construct a robust developmental and redistributive strategy with shared responsibility between different levels of governments, as well as between civil society, the state and the market.This comprehensive and astute guide to one of China’s key current challenges will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, welfare, sociology and political science, and all interested in contemporary China.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesSubtitle: The Third Turning PointAuthor: Joe C. B. Leung, Yuebin XuBook Series: China TodayRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
Price: 74.39 USD
Location: NN10 6GL
End Time: 2025-01-08T14:44:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Return policy details:
Book Title: China's Social Welfare
Title: China's Social Welfare
EAN: 9780745680569
ISBN: 9780745680569
Release Date: 02/27/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Subtitle: The Third Turning Point
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: China's Social Welfare : the Third Turning Point
Publisher: Polity Press
Subject: Public Affairs & Administration, Public Policy / Social Policy, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.4 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Yuebin Xu, Joe C. B. Leung
Item Length: 8.6 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: China Today Ser.
Format: Hardcover
