Social Policy Reform in Hong Kong and Shanghai: A Tale of Two Cities
Regular price
€192.20
A01=Gui Shixun
A01=Linda Wong
A01=Lynn T. White
Aged Care Homes
aging population policy challenges
ALMPs
Author_Gui Shixun
Author_Linda Wong
Author_Lynn T. White
bureau
Category=GTM
Category=JBF
Civil Affairs Bureau
comparative welfare systems
Education System
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
ERB
government
Harvard Team
HKHA
Home Purchase Loan
HPF
III
kuangdi
labor market transitions
migration policy analysis
municipal
pension reform China
permit
Private Aged Care Homes
Public Dwellings
public health financing
Public Rental
Public Rental Housing
Re-employment Service Centers
Reemployment Service Centers
residential
Shanghai Municipal
Shanghai Municipal Committee
Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau
Shanghai Municipal Statistical Bureau
Shanghai Research Center
Shanghai Statistical Bureau
Social Welfare Department
St Em
statistical
Ta Te
temporary
TPS
urban social policy
workers
xiagang
Product details
- ISBN 9780765613110
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 31 Oct 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
As the richest cities in the world's most populous nation, Hong Kong and Shanghai have recently experienced dynamic growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. These cities also have social problems whose solutions will cost money. Their urban populations are aging. Health finance at the level these "First World" cities demand threatens to consume a large portion of the municipal budgets. Eldercare and social security are now less well covered by traditional Chinese families. Education has become more complex and public tuition, where it occurs, brings with it official plans for schools. Immigrants have flocked to Shanghai from inland China, and Hong Kong's border has become a protector of the former colony's high productivity jobs. Housing problems also have deeply affected both cities, albeit in somewhat different ways. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the similarities and differences between social policies in the two cities. Each chapter covers a different issue: health finance, housing, education, labor, poverty and social security, eldercare, and migration and competitiveness. The contributors explore pertinent developments in each city and analyze the similarities and differences between the two cities' approaches to social policies. They focus on policy reform and the interface between social policy and its environment. One main theme throughout the book is the extent to which spending for capital accumulation is in conflict with spending for social policies.
Linda Wong, Lynn T. White III, Gui Shixun
