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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451125603321

Autore

Wong John <1939->

Titolo

China into the Hu-Wen era [[electronic resource] ] : policy initiatives and challenges / / edited by John Wong, Lai Hongyi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2006

ISBN

1-281-91918-7

9786611919184

981-277-394-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (584 p.)

Collana

Series on contemporary China ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

LaiHongyi <1965->

Disciplina

320.60951

Soggetti

Electronic books.

China Politics and government 2002-

China Economic policy 2000-

China Social conditions 2000-

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

Table of Contents                        ; List of Editors and Contributors                                       ; Part I. Introduction                           ; The Hu-Wen New Deal                          ; Part II. Strengthening Governance and Rule of Law                                                        ; 1. Hu Jintao's Consolidation of Power and His Command of the Gun                                                                       ; 2. Deciphering Hu's Leadership and Defining New Elite Politics

3. Hu Jintao's Approach to Governance                                            4. Re-making the Party's Image: Challenges for the Propaganda Department                                                                               ; 5. Reforming the Party and the State Under Hu Jintao                                                           ; 6. Rule of Law and Governance                                    ; Part III. Sustaining Economic Growth and Reform                                                      ; 7. New Patterns of Economic Growth

8. Changes and Reform in Financial Markets                                                 9. Strengthening Corporate Governance: Completing the Unfinished Business of SOE Reform                                                                                              ; 10. The Effects and Implications of Foreign Direct Investment in China for Other Developing Economies: Hollowing Out or Filling in?

11. Changing Land Policies: Ideology and Realities                                                        



Part IV. Coping with Social Issues and Tensions                                                      ; 12. Income Inequalities Limited Social Mobility and Remedial Policies                                                                            ; 13. Labor Market Reforms Under Hu-Wen Administration                                                           ; 14. Managing Social Unrest

15 From Social Insurance to Social Assistance: Welfare Policy Change                                                                           16. Governments Markets and the Health Care Sector                                                         ; 17. Population Development Strategies: The New Thinking                                                              ; Part V. Managing China's External Relations                                                  ; 18. Bush's Asia Policy and United States-China Relations

19 China and Northeast Asian Cooperation: Building an Unbuildable?

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is an updated survey and assessment of the recent policy initiatives of Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao, which have come to be known as the Hu-Wen's New Deal. Individual chapters are written by scholars from different academic disciplines and backgrounds. These scholars hail from Singapore, the United States, Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China.  Topics cover the patterns and process of leadership succession, emerging political factions, social unrest, sources of economic growth, income disparities, social security reform, land use policy, banking reform, corporate gov