Over the post-Mao period, the Chinese state has radically cut
back its role in funding health services and insuring its citizens
against the costs of ill health. Using an analytical framework
drawn from studies of state retrenchment in industrialized
democracies and in post-communist Eastern Europe, Jane Duckett
argues that the state's retreat from health in China was not a
simple consequence of economic policies and market reform. Just as
important were the influences of health policies, reform era
political institutions, communist party ideology, and bureaucratic
stakeholders.
Through her analysis, Duckett maintains that by studying
retrenchment in China, the world's most populous nation and now a
major global economic power, we can better understand international
transformations in the role of the state, and the politics that
shape that role.
The Chinese State's Retreat from Health both extends research on
retrenchment politics to a major authoritarian state and
contributes to piecing together understanding of the Chinese
state's changing role across the economy and other social policies,
including housing and education. It will be of interest to students
and scholars of Chinese politics, social policy and the Chinese
health care system, as well as to those with a comparative interest
in health, welfare states and the politics of retrenchment.
Jane Duckett is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Politics at
the University of Glasgow, UK.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies on China in Transition |
Release date: |
November 2010 |
First published: |
November 2010 |
Authors: |
Jane Duckett
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
160 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-57389-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
Health systems & services >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-57389-0 |
Barcode: |
9780415573894 |
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