Chak Kwan Chan, Kinglun Ngok

Social policy in China

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This much-needed new textbook introduces readers to the development of China's welfare polices since its conception of an open-door policy of 1978.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781861348807
• ISBN-10: 1861348800
• Artikelnr.: 23237269

Autorenporträt

Chak Kwan Chan is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at Nottingham Trent University, UK. King Lun Ngok is Associate Professor at the Centre for Public Administration Research, School of Government at Sun Yat-Sen University, The People's Republic of China. David Phillips is Reader in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part one: Background and framework: China's social policy: background and issues
Social policy and well-being
Social policy in the context of economic reforms
The making of social policy in China
Part two: Key policy areas and well-being: Social security policy
Labour policy
Health policy
Education policy
Housing policy
Part three: Conclusion: Welfare reform and well-being.