Politics and Policy in China's Social Assistance Reform
Providing for the Poor?
Seiten
2020
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7466-5 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-7466-5 (ISBN)
This book argues that in order to understand dibao (China's minimum livelihood guarantee) we need to look at how the programme emerged and how it has developed in the years since.
Every day in the People’s Republic of China 70 million people receive help from the state through the minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao). What began as a reform in the city of Shanghai in the early 1990s is now a key component in the measures used by the Communist Party of China to maintain social stability and legitimacy. While scholars regularly discuss how effective dibao has been in alleviating poverty very little addresses what influenced its development. This book argues that in order to understand dibao we need to look at how the programme emerged and how it has developed in the years since. Drawing on newspaper articles, government reports and interviews with key officials and researchers, the book also addresses debate on the policy process in China as a whole.
Every day in the People’s Republic of China 70 million people receive help from the state through the minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao). What began as a reform in the city of Shanghai in the early 1990s is now a key component in the measures used by the Communist Party of China to maintain social stability and legitimacy. While scholars regularly discuss how effective dibao has been in alleviating poverty very little addresses what influenced its development. This book argues that in order to understand dibao we need to look at how the programme emerged and how it has developed in the years since. Drawing on newspaper articles, government reports and interviews with key officials and researchers, the book also addresses debate on the policy process in China as a whole.
Daniel R. Hammond is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and Society at the University of Edinburgh.
Acknowledgements; Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations; Note on Chinese and translationsIntroduction: Social Assistance and the Policy Process in Contemporary ChinaChapter One: Historical background to Dibao and the question of poverty in ChinaChapter Two: Urban Dibao: Emergence and Transition to national policy, 1993 – 1999Chapter Three: Urban Dibao: The Resolution of Unwanted and Unintended Outcomes, 1999 – 2003Chapter Four: Rural Dibao: The Countryside and fragmentationChapter Five: Institutionalisation? – Achieving Policy in a Fragmented StateConclusion; Appendix: Interview List; Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2020 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Edinburgh East Asian Studies |
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 302 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-7466-7 / 1474474667 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-7466-5 / 9781474474665 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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