Public Policy in China

by Stuart S. Nagel, Miriam K. Mills

Overview

How does the Chinese government deal with its social problems and set up its systems of social security, health care, environmental control, population control, and economic development? In this book, Chinese and Western experts analyze the nature of public policymaking in China, specific measures and alternatives, and various methodological approaches. Students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in political science and public administration will find this unique study an invaluable one for understanding the little-known public policy process in China.

This expert analysis opens with two chapters providing background on the study of public policy and political science in China today. Four chapters then define specific policy problems and measures to reform the social security system, health care administration, and environmental control and to promote economic development in relation to decentralization or centralization of government administration. Two chapters describe super-optimizing analysis and solutions in policy problems. The collection closes with an insider's perspective and a frequent visitor's perspective on public policy in China today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313288487
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/30/1993
Series:	Contributions in Political Science , #31
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

About the Author

STUART S. NAGEL, Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana, is Publications Coordinator for the Policy Studies Organization there. He is the author of Professional Developments in Policy Studies (1992), Policy Theory and Political Evaluation (1990) and Policy Studies Integration (1988), all by Greenwood Press, among many other books and articles on public policy.

MIRIAM K. MILLS was Professor of Management at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark until her death. She has written extensively on labor relations, health policy, and dispute resolution. Her most recent books include Health Insurance and Public Policy (1992), and Conflict Resolution and Public Policy (1990) by Greenwood Press.

Table of Contents

Preface: Chinese Policy Studies
Background on Public Policy in China
Policy Studies in China by Tang Daiwang
Political Science in China by Zhao Baoxu
Specific Policy Problems
Reforming the Social Security System in China by Peter Nan-shong Lee
Health Care Administration in China by Sun Guangde
Environmental Control in the PRC by Hon S. Chan, K. C. Cheung, and Jack M. K. Lo
Economic Development and Decentralized Government by Thomas R. Dye; Policy Analysis Methods
Super-Optimizing Analysis and Chinese Policy Problems by Stuart S. Nagel
Super-Optimum Solutions in Developmental Policy by King W. Chow
Diverse Evaluations
An Insider's Perspective by Xia Shuzhang
A Frequent Visitor's Perspective by King W. Chow