Title: China's social insurance in the twentieth century : a global historical perspective /
Authors: Hu, Aiqun,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Social security China History; Social security; China
Abstract: Aiqun Hu develops a framework of “interactive diffusion of global models” in examining the history of China’s social insurance since the 1910s. The book covers both Nationalist- and Communist-controlled areas (1927-1949) and Taiwan (1949-present), surpassing the party divide. It argues that China’s progression in social insurance resulted from diffusion of two global models (German capitalist and Soviet socialist social insurance) until the early 1990s. Thereafter, China’s social insurance reforms were increasingly directed by the World Bank’s neoliberal models, which also influenced Taiwan’s pension reforms. During the entire process, however, global forces provided the basic intellectual framework, while national forces determined the timing and specifics of adopting the models.
Contents: China, Social Insurance and the Welfare State: Towards a Global Historical Perspective -- Rise of Global Models: German Capitalist vs. Russian Socialist Social Insurance -- China’s Early Labor (Social Insurance) -- Legislation: The Role of the International Labor Organization, 1910s–1928 -- China’s Social Insurance in Formation: Nationalist vs. Communist-controlled Areas, 1928–1953 -- From Labor Insurance to Work-unit Welfare: The Soviet Model in China, 1953–1978 -- From Social Insurance towards a Welfare State: The German Model in Taiwan, 1950–1995 -- Neoliberalism and Pension Privatization in China and Taiwan since the 1980s -- China’s Social Insurance in the Twenty-first Century: Towards a Universal Social Security System