State and society responses to social welfare needs in China: serving the people
by Schwartz, Jonathan Shieh, Shawn
This book examines the impact of changing state-society relations that shape contemporary conflicts over Chinese social service provision and looks at how the ongoing negotiation of political space between the state and society impacted the quality and nature of social service provison in transitioning states.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :State and society responses to social welfare needs in China : serving the people / edited by Jonathan Schwartz and Shawn Shieh.
Summary
This book examines the impact of changing state-society relations that shape contemporary conflicts over Chinese social service provision and looks at how the ongoing negotiation of political space between the state and society impacted the quality and nature of social service provison in transitioning states.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 196 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780203931196, 020393119X
- oclc:ocn455844123
- LC Classification:HV418
- Dewey Decimal:361.951 22
Table of Contents
State and society responses to China's social welfare needs : an introduction to the debate / Shawn Shieh and Jonathan Schwartz -- Beyond corporatism and civil society : three modes of state -- NGO interaction in China / Shawn Shieh -- Social welfare responses in noncrisis situations -- The role of the state and NGOs in caring for at -- risk children : the case of orphan care / Catherine H. Keyser -- Navigating a space for labor activism : labor NGOs in the Pearl river delta of south China / Hong Zhang and Marsha Smith -- Green activism? : reassessing the role of environmental NGOs in China / Timothy Hildebrandt and Jennifer l. Turner -- Social welfare responses in crisis situations : the institutionalization of Buddhist philanthropy in China / André Laliberté -- The impact of crises on social service provision in China : the state and society respond to SARS / Jonathan Schwartz -- The role of NGOs in China's AIDS crisis : challenges and possibilities / Joan Kaufman -- Conclusion: Serving the people? the changing roles of the state and social organizations in social service provision / Jonathan Schwartz and Shawn Shieh.
Read More ↓Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Rate & Review