| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Routledge studies on China in transition ; 37 |
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Routledge studies on China in transition ; 37.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Glossary of Chinese terms; Map of the provincial-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China; 1 China's changing welfare mix: Introducing the local perspective; 2 Central-local relations in social policy and the development of urban and rural social assistance programmes; 3 Dibaohu in distress: The meagre minimum livelihood guarantee system in Wuhan; 4 Local variation in urban social assistance: Community public service agencies in Dalian |
| Summary |
The aim of this book is to draw attention to two€neglected areas in the growing body of research on welfare in China: subnational variation and the changing mix of state and non-state provision. The contributors to this volume highlight the local, or sub-national, variation that lies behind broad national policies and programmes that is growing from divergent local government and non-state activities.€This approach is particularly relevant to understanding welfare provision in China because national state programmes are so often organised by local governments in line with the specifi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-248) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- China
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Economic policy
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Public welfare
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Social policy
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| SUBJECT |
China -- Social policy
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China -- Economic policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024018
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| Subject |
China
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carrillo, Beatriz
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Duckett, Jane, 1964-
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| ISBN |
9780203832776 |
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0203832779 |
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9781136838675 |
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1136838678 |
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