This book offers a composite snapshot of Chinese social policy at its point of greatest maturation prior to the 2007 global crisis.

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: CHINESE SOCIAL POLICY IN A TIME OF TRANSITION ; KAREN BAEHLER AND DOUGLAS J. BESHAROV ; CHAPTER 2. WELFARE REGIMES IN THE WAKE OF STATE SOCIALISM: CHINA AND VIETNAM ; JONATHAN LONDON ; CHAPTER 3. SOCIAL BENEFITS AND INCOME INEQUALITY IN POST-SOCIALIST CHINA AND VIETNAM ; QIN GAO, MARTIN EVANS, AND IRWIN GARFINKEL ; CHAPTER 4. SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF EVOLVING EMPLOYMENT POLICY ; BARRY FRIEDMAN ; CHAPTER 5. URBAN SOCIAL INSURANCE PROVISION: REGIONAL AND WORKPLACE VARIATIONS ; JUAN CHEN AND MARY GALLAGHER ; CHAPTER 6. HEALTH AND RURAL COOPERATIVE MEDICAL INSURANCE ; SONG GAO AND XIANGYI MENG ; CHAPTER 7. THE QUEST FOR WELFARE SPENDING EQUALIZATION: A FISCAL FEDERALISM PERSPECTIVE ; XIN ZHANG ; CHAPTER 8. FINANCING MIGRANT CHILD EDUCATION ; JING GUO ; CHAPTER 9. LABOR MIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP, AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN CHINA AND INDIA ; JOSEPHINE SMART, REETA TREMBLAY, AND MOSTAEM BILLAH ; CHAPTER 10. ETHNIC MINORITIES AND TRILINGUAL EDUCATION POLICIES ; BOB ADAMSON, FENG ANWEI, LIU QUANGUO, AND LI QIAN, ; CHAPTER 11. DANWEI, FAMILY TIES, AND RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY OF URBAN ELDERLY IN BEIJING ; ZHILIN LIU AND YANWEI CHAI ; CHAPTER 12. MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, AND LABOR OUTCOMES FOR WOMEN AND MEN ; YUPING ZHANG AND EMILY HANNUM ; CHAPTER 13. IMPLICATIONS OF THE COLLEGE EXPANSION POLICY FOR SOCIAL STRATIFICATION ; WEI-JUN JEAN YEUNG ; CHAPTER 14. THE EVOLVING RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS ; ZUNYOU WU, SHEENA G. SULLIVAN, YU WANG, MARY JANE ROTHERAM,AND ROGER DETELS ; INDEX