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Providing public goods in transitional China / Tony Saich.

Title
Providing public goods in transitional China / Tony Saich.
Author
Saich, Tony
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

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Description
xvi, 236 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
China's leaders are confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups into existing systems. This book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance and social relief.
Subject
  • Human services > Government policy > China
  • Human services > Government policy
  • Political science & theory > China
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare
  • Politics and Government
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services
  • Sozialpolitik
  • Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-229) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Public goods regimes and social welfare provision and China -- Welfare provision, 1949-1979 -- The provision of public goods during the reform period -- Challenges in the health system -- Dealing with public health crises and pandemics -- Building a new social insurance system -- Poverty relief and social assistance -- Providing social welfare: states, markets, and civil society.
ISBN
  • 0230609511
  • 9780230609518
LCCN
^^2008012347
OCLC
  • 213765803
  • SCSB-10208529
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library