Social Security in China: On the Possibility of Equitable Distribution in the Middle Kingdom

This book reviews the development of China's social security system from 1949 onwards and analyzes its features in each stage. By emphasizing the role of the social security system in regulating income distribution, it points out some problems in the current social security framework that are b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Wang, Yanzhong (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesResearch Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path,
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811056437
ISSN2363-6866
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-5643-7
Physical DescriptionXVII, 168 p. 4 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue
  • The Development of China's Social Welfare System
  • The Deviation of China's Social Insurance Fund Mode and Its Corrections
  • Health Problems and Health Equality in the Transitional Period
  • Establishing a Basic Rural Medical Security System
  • Analysis of Factors Affecting Rural Residents' Satisfaction with Medical Services
  • Analysis of Social Security Expenditures by the Chinese Government
  • Several Major Issues in the Reform and Development of China's Social Security System: Comments and Suggestions on China's Social Security Report
  • A Study on the Income Redistribution Effect of Social Security in China: A Case Study on Social Insurance
  • Establishing a More Equitable and Sustainable Social Security System
  • Bibliography
  • Postscript.