Handbook of welfare in China / edited by Beatriz Carrillo, University of Sydney, Australia and Xi' an iaotong-Liverpool University, China, Johanna Hood, Roskilde University, Denmark, Paul Kadetz, Drew University, USA and University College London, UK.

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Book
Language
English
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  • Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, 2017.
  • ©2017
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xiii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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    Handbooks of research on contemporary China [More in this series]
    Summary note
    This 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, including gender issues, NGOs, and philanthropy; gaps; and future challenges, such as population ageing and environmental pressures) chapters draw on original case-based research from diverse disciplines and perspectives, engage existing literature and further key debates. Key historical insights into welfare provision in the Chinese context serve as a starting point with the remaining chapters combining a review of the literature with original case studies. The book offers novel empirical research and includes topics often not discussed in the literature on welfare in China, including: mental health, highly educated rural-to-urban migrants, NGOs as welfare providers, China's overseas welfare aid, environmental challenges and welfare, amongst others.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Other title(s)
    Welfare in China
    ISBN
    • 9781783472734
    • 1783472731
    LCCN
    2017931753
    OCLC
    962745287
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