Social protection under authoritarianism : health politics and policy in China

Social protection under authoritarianism : health politics and policy in China / Xian Huang.

"Why would authoritarian leaders expand social welfare provision in the absence of democratization? What are the distributive features and implications of social welfare expansion in an authoritarian country? How do authoritarian leaders design and enforce social welfare expansion in a decentra...

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Main Author: Huang, Xian (Professor of political science) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Welfare state > China.
Medical policy > China.
Health insurance > China.
Elite (Social sciences) > China.
Social stratification > China.
Authoritarianism > China.
Electronic books.
e-books.
Authoritarianism
Elite (Social sciences)
Health insurance
Medical policy
Social policy
Social stratification
Welfare state
China > Social policy.
China
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theory of stratified expansion of social welfare
  • Overview of China's social health insurance
  • The center's distributive strategy and fund allocation
  • Local motivation and distributive choices
  • Understanding subnational variation in Chinese social health insurance
  • Who gets what, when and how from Chinese social health insurance expansion?
  • Conclusion.

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