Social Development And Social Policy: International Experiences And China's Reform

by Dongtao Qi, Lijun Yang

Overview

Social policy reforms driven by profound social changes have been a popular and pressing topic worldwide in recent years in both policy and academic circles. In this book, prominent social policy scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia discuss the history of social policies, compare different social development models, and analyze the challenges facing these economies' social policy reforms. The book provides comprehensive and comparative perspectives and updated data on social development and social policy reforms in the world's major economies, and particularly, in mainland China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814730969
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/04/2017
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Preface QI Dongtao Yang Lijun v

List of Contributors vii

Part I Europe and the US 1

1 Europe's (Halfway) Social Investment Turn Anton Hemerijck 3

2 Shifting Reform Strategies in European Welfare States Giuliano Bonoli 39

3 The 21st Century Enabling State: Public Support for Private Responsibility in the US Neil Gilbert 63

Part II Developed Economies in Asia 81

4 Exploring the Japanese Welfare Experience: Toward a Model and a Framework Watanabe Masao 83

5 Social Policy in Korea: Theory and Practice Christian Aspalter 103

6 The Role of Mandatory Retirement Savings in Protecting the Aged in Singapore M. Ramesh 153

7 Singapore's Social Policy: Transition and Rebalancing Zhao Litao 173

8 Social Welfare Expansion and National Health Insurance in Taiwan Qi Dongtao 199

9 Workfare in Hong Kong Joe C.B. Leung 233

Part III Mainland China 265

10 Between the State and the Market: The Political Logic of Social Policy Reform in China Zheng Yongnian 267

11 Social Policy and Health Care Reform in China Åke Blomqvist 295

12 Law Enforcement in the Chinese Health System: An Institutional Perspective Qian Jiwei 327

13 Social Protest, State Response, and Regime Legitimacy in China Cai Yongshun Zhou Titi 357

14 What Took Away Chinese People's Happiness in the Past Two Decades? China's Puzzling Happiness Curve Shan Wei 383

Index 401