MING-KWAN LEE is Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies and Director of the Centre for Social Policy Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is the author of Hong Kong Politics and Society in Transition (1987) and co-editor of several books including New Frontiers of Social Indicators Research in Chinese Societies (1996), Changing Chinese Societies: Social Indicators Analysis (1998), and Indicators of Social Development (1999).

• List of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface A Note on the Romanization of Chinese Abbreviations The Nature of Chinese Occupational Welfare Research Method The Origins of Chinese Occupational Welfare The Changing Contexts of Chinese Occupational Welfare Reshaping Dependence Reshaping the Danwei Welfare Economy Redistributing Risks and Responsibilities Conclusion: Towards a Chinese Model of Welfare Pluralism Notes Appendix Bibliography Index