Chinese Social Policy in a Time of Transition

Douglas J. Besharov is the Norman and Florence Brody Professor at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, where he teaches courses on poverty, welfare, children and families, policy analysis, program evaluation, and performance management. He is also a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, where he leads a program in international policy exchanges. In 2008, he was President of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) and iscurrently APPAM's International Conference Coordinator.

Karen Baehler is Scholar in Residence at the American University School of Public Affairs and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Australia New Zealand School of Government. Her research focuses on the theory and practice of policy analysis in social and environmental policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Policy Sciences from the University of Maryland.

This book offers a composite snapshot of Chinese social policy at its point of greatest maturation prior to the 2007 global crisis.

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: CHINESE SOCIAL POLICY IN A TIME OF TRANSITION ; KAREN BAEHLER AND DOUGLAS J. BESHAROV ; CHAPTER 2. WELFARE REGIMES IN THE WAKE OF STATE SOCIALISM: CHINA AND VIETNAM ; JONATHAN LONDON ; CHAPTER 3. SOCIAL BENEFITS AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN POST-SOCIALIST CHINA AND VIETNAM ; QIN GAO, MARTIN EVANS, AND IRWIN GARFINKEL ; CHAPTER 4. SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF EVOLVING EMPLOYMENT POLICY ; BARRY FRIEDMAN ; CHAPTER 5. URBAN SOCIAL INSURANCE PROVISION: REGIONAL AND WORKPLACE VARIATIONS ; JUAN CHEN AND MARY GALLAGHER ; CHAPTER 6. HEALTH AND RURAL COOPERATIVE MEDICAL INSURANCE ; SONG GAO AND XIANGYI MENG ; CHAPTER 7. THE QUEST FOR WELFARE SPENDING EQUALIZATION: A FISCAL FEDERALISM PERSPECTIVE ; XIN ZHANG ; CHAPTER 8. FINANCING MIGRANT CHILD EDUCATION ; JING GUO ; CHAPTER 9. LABOR MIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN CHINA AND INDIA ; JOSEPHINE SMART, REETA TREMBLAY, AND MOSTAEM BILLAH ; CHAPTER 10. ETHNIC MINORITIES AND TRILINGUAL EDUCATION POLICIES ; BOB ADAMSON, FENG ANWEI, LIU QUANGUO, AND LI QIAN, ; CHAPTER 11. DANWEI, FAMILY TIES, AND RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY OF URBAN ELDERLY IN BEIJING ; ZHILIN LIU AND YANWEI CHAI ; CHAPTER 12. MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, AND LABOR OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN AND MEN ; YUPING ZHANG AND EMILY HANNUM ; CHAPTER 13. IMPLICATIONS OF THE COLLEGE EXPANSION POLICY FOR SOCIAL STRATIFICATION ; WEI-JUN JEAN YEUNG ; CHAPTER 14. THE EVOLVING RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS ; ZUNYOU WU, SHEENA G. SULLIVAN, YU WANG, MARY JANE ROTHERAM,AND ROGER DETELS ; INDEX