China's social welfare : the third turning point / / Joe C. B. Leung and Yuebin Xu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910157427803321
• Autore: Leung Joe C. B.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, England ; ; Malden, Masachusetts : , : Polity, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7456-9047-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Collana: China Today
• Disciplina: 383.10923478
• Soggetti: Public welfare - China; Public welfare administration - China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""China Today series""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""List of Tables""; ""Map""; ""Chronology""; ""Preface""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1: Overview""; ""The Rise of China""; ""Turning Points""; ""Conceptualizing China's Social Welfare""; ""Objectives and Chapter Outline""; ""2: From Socialism to Modernization""; ""The First Turning Point: Establishing the Iron Rice Bowl""; ""The Second Turning Point: Transition Towards a Market Economy""; ""The Third Turning Point: Building a Harmonious Society""; ""3: Social Challenges under Market Reform""; ""Demographic Shift""; ""Migrants""""Left-Behind Children""; ""Income Inequality""; ""Poverty""; ""Summary""; ""4: Urban Social Protection""; ""The Old-Age Pension System""; ""Unemployment Insurance""; ""The Medical Insurance System""; ""Social Assistance""; ""An Assessment""; ""5: Rural Social Protection""; ""Background""; ""Old-Age Pensions""; ""Poverty and Social Assistance""; ""The New Cooperative Medical System (NCMS)""; ""An Assessment""; ""6: Social Care for Older People""; ""Eroding Family Support""; ""Development of Social Care""; ""Residential Care""; ""Interfacing Between Residential and Home Care Services""""Prospects""; ""7: Innovating Social Governance: The Emergence of Social Work Organizations""; ""Introduction""; ""Innovating Social Governance""; ""Activating the Social Sector""; ""The Re-Emergence of Social Work""; ""The Emergence of Purchase of Services and Social Work ; Organizations""; ""Development of Purchase of Services in Guangdong""; ""Emerging Issues""; ""Prospects""; ""8: The Third Turning Point""; ""Becoming a Welfare State""; ""Increased Social Spending""; ""Building a Mixed Economy of Welfare""; ""Lessons to Learn""; ""References""""Index""; ""End User License Agreement""
• Sommario/riassunto: The extraordinary rise of China is one of the greatest global stories of recent times. However, China's development has been described as 'uneven, uncoordinated, and unsustainable', and has now reached a critical turning point. To transform itself into a successful high-income economy, China urgently needs to develop a new welfare regime. Social policy and social welfare programmes are pivotal not only to meet mounting social needs but also to promote social cohesion.This timely book explores key turning points in China's trajectory, from the creation of a socialist egalitarian society promis