Providing Public Goods in Transitional China [Hardcover]

China's leaders are?confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups into existing systems. This book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance and social relief.Public Goods' Regimes, Social Welfare Provision and China Welfare Provision, 1949-1979 The Provision of Public Goods during the Reform Period Challenges in the Health System Dealing with Public Health Crises and Pandemics Building a New Social Insurance System Poverty Relief and Social Assistance Providing Social Welfare: States, Markets, and Civil Society

This comprehensive review of the progress in recasting China's provision of social welfare tackles a tough job. . .Saich does an admirable job; this volume (and its many tables) can be consulted as a mid-course resource on the topic for years to come. - Dorothy Solinger, The Journal of Asian Studies Delivering social welfare service in an equitable and efficient way has emerged as a major challenge for the Chinese government. Prof. Saich, a leading scholar on Chinese social policy, has provided a fascinating analysis of the challenges and difficulties in reshaping a new social welfare delivery system in China where partnership among the government, market, and the civil society is essential. The analysis is both informed and enriched by the author s extensive research experience in China and the detailed case studies of health care, dealing with pandemics, social insurance and social assistance. It is a must read for anyone who is interested in contemporary Chinese social policy issues. - Xue Lan, Professor of Public Policy and Management and Executive Vice President, Development Research Academy for the 21st Century, Tsinghua University.

The dark side of China s extraordinary growth has been the collapse of obsolete health and welfare systems. Are the Chinese people goinlS-