Truths and Half Truths. China's Socio-Economic Reforms from by Ferdinand Akthar Gul, Haitian Lu

By Ferdinand Akthar Gul, Haitian Lu

Truths and part Truths is geared toward fiscal and social technological know-how teachers and scholars who're attracted to the dynamics of China's institutional improvement and societal transformation. overlaying the complexity of the social, monetary, and governance reforms in the back of the commercial miracles accomplished via China seeing that its reform in 1978, and especially long ago two decades, this ebook offers a lot wanted perception and demanding pondering on significant points of China's reform. subject matters contain employment, surroundings, anti-poverty; urbanization and rural improvement; schooling, corruption, political regime and media. Readers may be capable of re-examine the prices and advantages of China's modernization from a point-of-view of sustainability.

  • Written through hugely an expert and good revered lecturers in legislation and economics with many years of expertise in China studies
  • Provides an perception from educational issues of view written in a reader-friendly journalistic style
  • An built-in monograph; every one bankruptcy addresses a selected quarter of reform and will be learn independently

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Knight and Song, supra note 74, p. 171. 128. Ibid. 129. Zuo, supra note 73, p. 141. 130. Murphy, R. and Tao, R. M. Lee and M. Warner (eds), Unemployment in China: Economy, Human Resources and Labour Markets. London: Routledge, p. 130. 131. , p. 131. 132. , pp. 132–3. 133. , p. 133. 134. , p. 134. 135. , p. 136. 136. Ibid. 137. , p. 137. 138. , p. 139. 139. , p. 140. 140. Lee and Warner, supra note 76, p. 9. 141. Meng, supra note 93, p. 145. 142. Meng, supra note 86, p. 207. 31 2 Social security Abstract: When China had a centrally planned economy, the role of the state may have been best described as a socialist welfare provider.

Key words: social security, pension, housing, healthcare Social security reform – process and challenges Within China, social security is generally discussed in the context of urban areas and SOE employees who used to enjoy cradle-to-grave welfare coverage. In the light of reform and privatization efforts, SOEs have been confronted by efficient and profitable competition from the private sector and they have been forced to adapt. 1 The ‘burdensome’ issue of providing social security 33 Truths and Half Truths has implications for the state’s policy to encourage labor mobility.

81. Sun, supra note 58, p. 187. Banister, supra note 4, p. 81. Sun, supra note 58, p. 190. 29 Truths and Half Truths 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 30 Banister, supra note 4, p. 80. Li, P. and Li, W. (2007) ‘Economic status and social attitudes of migrant workers in China,’ China and World Economy, 15(4): 1–16. J. Z. G. Guo (eds), The Changing Population of China. Oxford: Blackwell, p.

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