Governance, Domestic Change, and Social Policy in China [electronic resource] : 100 Years after the Xinhai Revolution /
Blanchard, Jean-Marc.editor.
Lin, Kun-Chin.editor.
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 new social space and terms of engagement for problem-solving and exploring social forces that continue to undermine the centralizing impetus of the state.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch 1: Governance, Domestic Change, and Social Policy in China in Historical Perspective (Lin and Blanchard)  -- Ch 2: Historical Continuities in Social Assistance in China, 1911 – 2011 (Hammond)  -- Ch 3: ‘As plants grow towards sunlight…: Amity Foundation’s Social Function in Historical Perspective (Wielander)  -- Ch 4: Governing Disasters: A Comparative Analysis of the 1931, 1954 and 1998 Middle-Yangzi Floods in Hubei (Courtney)  -- Ch 5: Reasons to Dam: China’s Hydropower Politics and Its Socio- Environmental Consequences (Habich)  -- Ch 6: Grassroots Governance Reform in Urban China (Trott)  -- Ch 7: China’s Political Stability: Comparisons and Reflections (Zheng).
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 new social space and terms of engagement for problem-solving and exploring social forces that continue to undermine the centralizing impetus of the state.
Asia—Politics and government.
Social policy.
China—History.
World politics.
Asian Politics.
Social Policy.
History of China.
Social Policy.
Political History.