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Governance, Domestic Change, and Social Policy in China
. Ed(S): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Chin
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Hardback. Editor(s): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Chin. Num Pages: 214 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 7 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJF; JP; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
This book constitutes the first comprehensive retrospective on one hundred years of post-dynastic China and compares enduring challenges of governance in the period around the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 to those of contemporary China. The authors examine three key areas of domestic change and policy adaptation: social welfare provision, local political institutional reform, and social and environmental consequences of major infrastructure projects. Demonstrating remarkable parallels between the immediate post-Qing era and the recent phase of Chinese reform since the late-1990s, the book highlights common challenges to the political leadership by tracing dynamics of state activism in crafting ... Read more
This book constitutes the first comprehensive retrospective on one hundred years of post-dynastic China and compares enduring challenges of governance in the period around the collapse of the Qing dynasty in 1911 to those of contemporary China. The authors examine three key areas of domestic change and policy adaptation: social welfare provision, local political institutional reform, and social and environmental consequences of major infrastructure projects. Demonstrating remarkable parallels between the immediate post-Qing era and the recent phase of Chinese reform since the late-1990s, the book highlights common challenges to the political leadership by tracing dynamics of state activism in crafting ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
199
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137022844
SKU
V9781137022844
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Blanchard, Jean-Marc F.; Lin, Kun-Chin
Jean-Marc F. Blanchard is Distinguished Professor, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, China, and Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, United States. His research emphasizes foreign investment in and from China, Chinese foreign economic policy, and multinational corporations. Kun-Chin Lin is University Lecturer in the ... Read more
Reviews for Governance, Domestic Change, and Social Policy in China
"The editors have a good variety of topics, ranging from a particular case (flooding); a particular organization (Amity Foundation); a particular project (dams) and international comparison (in political stability). Each chapter is well written and goes deep eough to analyze the selected area without presenting too much history. … Overall, this volume offers a very good collection for readers." (Hok ... Read more