Towards a Society with Social Protection for All : A Concise History of Social Security Transformation in Modern China

This book systematically reviews the development of social policy since the establishment of the People's Republic of China. As such, it begins by investigating the establishment of the Insurance System in the early period, then moves on to the planned economy period, the Cultural Revolution pe...

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Main Authors Zhou, Hong (Author), Zhang, Jun (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesChina Insights,
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811046698
ISSN2363-7579
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-4669-8
Physical DescriptionXVII, 206 p. 1 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Take Realizing Social Insurance as a Guiding Aim: 1921-1949
  • Employment and Social Security under the Planned Economy: 1949-1978
  • From "Enterprise Insurance" to Social Insurance
  • Socialist Market Economy and Preliminary Establishment of the Social Security System: Development in 1990s
  • Towards Social Equity - Reform in 21st Century
  • Great Social Transformation
  • References
  • Index.