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The story of China's spectacular economic growth is well known. Less well known is the country's equally dramatic, though not always equally successful, social policy transition. Between the mid- 1990s and mid-2000s---the focal period for this book---China's central government went a long way toward consolidating the social policy framework that had gradually emerged in piecemeal fashion during the initial phases of economic liberalization. Major policy decisions during the focal period included adopting a single national pension plan for urban areas, standardizing unemployment insurance, (re)

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In this ambitious, wide-ranging book, the author asks what it takes to create inclusive, cohesive societies, and formulates a vision for social justice as 'inclusive equality'.

Social justice. --- Social policy. --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Equality --- Justice --- Social justice --- Social policy

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The world is in the midst of profound social and economic change driven by the dynamic emerging powers of the developing world. The 2013 Human Development Report, "The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World" analyzes this phenomenon in detail, examining the development strategies, policies and future prospects of more than 40 developing nations that experienced remarkably strong human development gains over the past two decades. This publication is the companion volume to the 2013 Report. It is an edited collection of nine original research papers commissioned during the writing of the 2013 report from some of the world's most eminent economists, demographers and social scientists, representing different yet complementary disciplines in the field of human development.

Southern Hemisphere --- Economic conditions. --- Social conditions. --- Economic policy. --- Social policy. --- E-books --- Hemisphere, Southern --- Earth (Planet) --- Social Policy --- Economic Policy --- Political Science --- Southern hemisphere --- Social policy --- Economic policy --- Political science

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Changing Welfare States is is a major new examination of the wave of social reform that has swept across Europe over the past two decades. In a comparative fashion, it analyses reform trajectories and political destinations in an era of rapid socioeconomic restructuring, including the critical impact of the global financial crisis on welfare state futures. The book argues that the overall scope of social reform across the member states of the European Union varies widely.In some cases welfare state change has been accompanied by deep social conflicts, while in other instances unpopular social

Welfare state. --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics