Paying for Progress in China : Public Finance, Human Welfare and Changing Patterns of Inequality Paperback / softback
Edited by Vivienne Shue, Christine Wong
Part of the Routledge Contemporary China Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
China’s stunning record of economic development since the 1970s has been marred by an increasingly obvious gap between the country’s ‘haves’ and its ‘have-nots’.
While people living in some parts of the country have enjoyed dramatically improved conditions of life, those in other districts and regions have slipped ever further behind in terms of access to health, wealth, education, security and opportunity.
Paying for Progress in China is a collection of essays which trace the causes of this growing inequality, using new data including surveys, interviews, newly available official statistics and in-depth fieldwork.
Their findings expose the malfunctioning of China’s ‘broken’ intergovernmental fiscal system, which has exacerbated the disequalizing effects of emerging market forces.
Whilst the government’s deliberately ‘pro-poor’ development policies have in recent years sought to reduce the gap between rich and poor, both markets, and also state institutions and policies, are continuing to create perverse equity outcomes across the country, confounding hopes for better-balanced and more inclusive growth in China. The interdisciplinary approach of this collection, incorporating work by economists, sociologists and political scientists, makes it a valuable resource for students of contemporary Chinese political economy and social development.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages, 29 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:23/09/2008
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- ISBN:9780415487795
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages, 29 Tables, black and white; 16 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black an
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:23/09/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415487795
