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In China, social development has fallen far behind economic development. This book looks at why this is the case, and poses the question of whether the conditions, structures and institutions that have locked China into unbalanced development are changing to pave the way for the next stage of development. Based on an empirical examination of ideological, structural and institutional transformations that have shaped China’s development experiences, the book analyses China’s reform and development in the social domain, including pension, healthcare, public housing, ethnic policy, and public expenditure on social programs. The book moves beyond descriptive analyses to understand the role of broader changes in shaping and redefining the pattern of development in China.
Contents:
Introduction (Zhao Litao) Part 1: China into the Next Stage of Development
- Society Must Be Defended: Reform, openness and social policy in China (Zheng Yongnian)
- China’s New Stage of Development (Li Peilin)
Part 2: Social Policy Reform Moving to the Fore
- Issues and Options for Social Security Reform in China (Li Shi)
- China’s Fiscal Expenditure on Social Security since 1978 (Wang Yanzhong and Long Yuqi)
- Healthcare Reform: Where is China heading? (Phua Kai Hong and Alex He Jingwei)
- How Successful are China’s Public Housing Schemes? (Li Bingqin)
- China’s Rapid Demographic Transition and its Challenges to Social Security System (Lu Ding)
- Political Dynamics of Social Policy Reform in China (Zheng Yongnian and Huang Yanjie)
- Developmentalism, Secularism, Nationalism and Essentialism: Current Situation and Challenges of the Ethnic Issue in China (Liang Yongjia)
Part 3: China’s Social Development in a Comparative
- The Evolving East Asian Welfare Regimes: The Case of China (Wong Chack Kie)
- Singapore’s Social Development Experience: Relevant Lesson for China? (Zhao Litao and John Wong)
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