Ratigan shows how distinct ways of governing in Chinese provinces shaped social policy priorities and implementation at the beginning of the 21st century. With a focus on health policy in China, this book also provides comparative examples from education, poverty alleviation, and housing policy.
Ratigan shows how distinct ways of governing in Chinese provinces shaped social policy priorities and implementation at the beginning of the 21st century. With a focus on health policy in China, this book also provides comparative examples from education, poverty alleviation, and housing policy.
Kerry Ratigan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. She has published articles in journals including World Development, The China Quarterly, International Political Science Review, and Studies in Comparative International Development, among others.
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1. Introduction 2. China's national health system: ideological oscillations and incomplete reform 3. Disaggregating authoritarian governance: provincial policy styles 4. The pragmatist policy style 5. The paternalist policy style 6. The mixed policy style 7. Center-local relations, pandemic politics, and local policy styles in comparative perspective References.