Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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 is
currently 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.

Reviews

"Douglas J. Besharov and Karen Baehler have teamed up to put together an impressive collective of cutting-edge research on various aspects of social policy in contemporary China. There is something for everyone interested in rapidly changing China. " -- M Ramesh, PhD, Chair Professor of Governance and Public Policy, Hong Kong Institute of Education.
"This book takes on an important and interesting topic. Massive transitions in Chinese society, and therefore transitions in social policy, ask for extensive research. The world lacks an updated understanding of China's social policies. The book includes all the important topics of social policy, pension, health policy, housing, education, children, disabled, etc. This book can provide a comprehensive overview on the wide scope of social policies." --
Xiaojiang Hu, PhD, Vice Dean, and Associate Professor, School of Social Development and Public Policy; Beijing Normal University
"...a worthy read for several reasons. First, within each theme, the chapters and the overall conclusion provide a nice overview of current academic and policy thinking in general and for Europe in particular. Second, the concluding chapter of the theme continues adding insights because it critically reviews the arguments seen through a US lens. Thirdly and more subtly, the book reveals differences in American and European perspectives on issues such as
solidarity (federal vs. national), distributing benefits from economic growth (less vs. more equal), the use of official poverty lines (program eligibility vs. broad strategic goals), and the definition of
poverty (low income vs. social exclusion). As politics and policy are never far removed from poverty measurement, it is this characteristic of the book that makes it a relevant read, not only for a US audience but also for a European audience."--International Journal of Social Welfare