Jane Duckett is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.

"THIS BOOK IS TIMELY AND WELL WRITTEN, OFFERING AN ACCESSIBLE and critical account of health retrenchment in China since the late 1970s... Duckett’s book is inspired by welfare retrenchment literature about industrialised democracies, and draws its analytical frameworks from these, making certain revisions according to China’s specialities in order to explore the politics of health system change in transition China. In this way, this book may contribute to comparative welfare politics literature by integrating this party–state transition country into welfare retrenchment literature. In addition, the political analysis of health cutbacks also contributes to the understanding of China’s politics during the post-Mao era... To sum up, this book fills a gap in comparative health policy research. It is an informative and welldocumented book about past and present health policy and politics in China, and could inspire the researcher to do further work." - Lei Zhang; Europe-Asia Studies, 65:4, 776-777 (2013).

• 1 Policy and Politics in the State’s Retreat from Health 2 A State-backed Health System, 1950s-1980s 3 The Retreat from Budgetary Financing 4 The Retreat from Rural Risk Protection 5 The Retreat from Urban Risk Protection 6 State Retreat in a One-Party System

Jane Duckett is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.

"THIS BOOK IS TIMELY AND WELL WRITTEN, OFFERING AN ACCESSIBLE and critical account of health retrenchment in China since the late 1970s... Duckett’s book is inspired by welfare retrenchment literature about industrialised democracies, and draws its analytical frameworks from these, making certain revisions according to China’s specialities in order to explore the politics of health system change in transition China. In this way, this book may contribute to comparative welfare politics literature by integrating this party–state transition country into welfare retrenchment literature. In addition, the political analysis of health cutbacks also contributes to the understanding of China’s politics during the post-Mao era... To sum up, this book fills a gap in comparative health policy research. It is an informative and welldocumented book about past and present health policy and politics in China, and could inspire the researcher to do further work." - Lei Zhang; Europe-Asia Studies, 65:4, 776-777 (2013).

• 1 Policy and Politics in the State’s Retreat from Health 2 A State-backed Health System, 1950s-1980s 3 The Retreat from Budgetary Financing 4 The Retreat from Rural Risk Protection 5 The Retreat from Urban Risk Protection 6 State Retreat in a One-Party System

Jane Duckett is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow, UK.

"THIS BOOK IS TIMELY AND WELL WRITTEN, OFFERING AN ACCESSIBLE and critical account of health retrenchment in China since the late 1970s... Duckett’s book is inspired by welfare retrenchment literature about industrialised democracies, and draws its analytical frameworks from these, making certain revisions according to China’s specialities in order to explore the politics of health system change in transition China. In this way, this book may contribute to comparative welfare politics literature by integrating this party–state transition country into welfare retrenchment literature. In addition, the political analysis of health cutbacks also contributes to the understanding of China’s politics during the post-Mao era... To sum up, this book fills a gap in comparative health policy research. It is an informative and welldocumented book about past and present health policy and politics in China, and could inspire the researcher to do further work." - Lei Zhang; Europe-Asia Studies, 65:4, 776-777 (2013).

• 1 Policy and Politics in the State’s Retreat from Health 2 A State-backed Health System, 1950s-1980s 3 The Retreat from Budgetary Financing 4 The Retreat from Rural Risk Protection 5 The Retreat from Urban Risk Protection 6 State Retreat in a One-Party System