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148 produkter
China's New Public Health Insurance
Challenges to Health Reforms and the New Rural Co-operative Medical System
Av Armin Müller
Häftad, 2019
749 kr
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Especially since the 2003 SARS crisis, China’s healthcare system has become a growing source of concern, both for citizens and the Chinese government. China’s once praised public health services have deteriorated into a system driven by economic constraints, in which poor people often fail to get …
Designing Emergency Management
China’s Post-SARS Experience, 2003-2012
Av Wee-Kiat Lim
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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This book looks at the then-nascent emergency management sector in China, specifically the 2003–2012 period, that arose from the 2003 SARS crisis and subsequently set the stage for its responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.Covering not only the amended and new laws and regulations at the national …
Chinese Communist Party in Action
Consolidating Party Rule
Av Lance L.P. Gore, Zheng Yongnian
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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Much is written about China and the role of the Chinese Communist Party, but without exploring in detail the nature of the party and how it operates. This book provides an in-depth assessment of the current state of the Chinese Communist Party. It outlines the huge size of the party – 88 million …
Decline of the Western-Centric World and the Emerging New Global Order
Contending Views
Av Yun-han Chu, Yongnian Zheng
Inbunden, 2020
2510 kr
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The Western liberal democratic world order, which seemingly triumphed following the collapse of communism, is looking increasingly fragile as populists and nationalists take power in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, as the momentum of democratization in developing countries stalls, and as …
Development and Poverty Reduction
A Global Comparative Perspective
Inbunden, 2019
2510 kr
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Although the absolute number of poor people in the world has declined significantly in recent decades, poverty reduction continues to be a very important issue. There still are very large numbers of poor people, relative poverty is an increasingly concerning problem, and progress on poverty …
China's Non-State Soft Power Actors
Tai Chi, Traditional Culture, and the Practice of Public Diplomacy
Inbunden, 2023
2510 kr
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This book enriches the evolving concept of soft power, and China’s approach to soft power, by considering how aspects of Chinese culture, notably the traditional martial art and health promoting exercise Tai Chi Quan, are being successfully promoted around the world by non-state actors, and how …
Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
Sharp Power and its Discontents
Häftad, 2019
647 kr
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The key question at the heart of this book is to what extent political activists in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have made progress in their quest to liberalise and democratise their respective polities. Taking a long historical perspective, the book compares and contrasts the political …
Governing Environmental Conflicts in China
Av Yanwei Li
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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Environmental conflicts are the source of many large-scale popular protests in China, with some protests substantially endangering social order. Such protests have often prompted severe counter measures by both national and local government, but have often then gone on to result in compromises …
Post-Western Sociology - From China to Europe
Av Laurence Roulleau-Berger, Li Peilin
Häftad, 2021
691 kr
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This book is rooted in an epistemological approach to sociology in which the boundaries between Western and non-Western sociologies are acknowledged and built on. It argues that knowledge is organised in conceptual spaces linked to paradigms and programmes which in turn are linked to ethnocentred …
China's Pension Reforms
Political Institutions, Skill Formation and Pension Policy in China
Av Ke Meng
Häftad, 2020
691 kr
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Existing literature has looked at many factors which have shaped Chinese pension reforms. As China’s pension reform proceeds in an expanding and localising fashion, this book argues that there is a pressing need to examine it in the context of China’s political institutions and economic …
Decline of the Western-Centric World and the Emerging New Global Order
Contending Views
Av Yun-han Chu, Yongnian Zheng
Häftad, 2020
647 kr
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The Western liberal democratic world order, which seemingly triumphed following the collapse of communism, is looking increasingly fragile as populists and nationalists take power in the United States, Europe and elsewhere, as the momentum of democratization in developing countries stalls, and as …
Gender Dynamics, Feminist Activism and Social Transformation in China
Av Guoguang Wu, Yuan Feng m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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This book explores the extent to which women have been initiators, mobilizers, and driving forces of social transformation in China. The book considers how conceptions of women’s roles have changed as China has moved from state socialism to engagement with capitalist globalization, examines the …
Politics of Expertise in China
Av Xufeng Zhu
Häftad, 2020
712 kr
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Since the reform and opening-up policy was implemented in China, consultations have been increasingly carried out during the policy-making process. This often involves experts, many of whom are based in think-tanks or similar institutions. The degree of access to the policy-making process varies, …
China's New Silk Road
An Emerging World Order
Häftad, 2020
691 kr
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Much is being written about China’s new 'One Belt, One Road' initiative, but much of the writing focuses on China itself, on the destinations of the road – Europe and the Middle East – or on the countries through which the road passes, such as Central Asia. This book takes a different approach, …
War on Corruption in China
Local Reform and Innovation
Inbunden, 2022
2132 kr
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Having engaged in an intensified war against corruption for more than four decades since the period of reform and opening up, China is now at a turning point in its anti-corruption agenda. Many believe that building government integrity has been a top-down process in China, and the anti-corruption …
War on Corruption in China
Local Reform and Innovation
Häftad, 2022
496 kr
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Having engaged in an intensified war against corruption for more than four decades since the period of reform and opening up, China is now at a turning point in its anti-corruption agenda. Many believe that building government integrity has been a top-down process in China, and the anti-corruption …
Designing Emergency Management
China’s Post-SARS Experience, 2003-2012
Av Wee-Kiat Lim
Häftad, 2022
691 kr
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This book looks at the then-nascent emergency management sector in China, specifically the 2003–2012 period, that arose from the 2003 SARS crisis and subsequently set the stage for its responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.Covering not only the amended and new laws and regulations at the national …
China's Provinces and the Belt and Road Initiative
Inbunden, 2021
2743 kr
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This book discusses the Belt and Road Initiative at the provincial level in China. It analyses the evolution of the role of local governments in Chinese foreign policy since the opening of China’s economy in 1978, showing how the provinces initially competed with each other, and how the central …
China's Provinces and the Belt and Road Initiative
Häftad, 2022
712 kr
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This book discusses the Belt and Road Initiative at the provincial level in China. It analyses the evolution of the role of local governments in Chinese foreign policy since the opening of China’s economy in 1978, showing how the provinces initially competed with each other, and how the central …
Women Migrants in Southern China and Taiwan
Mobilities, Digital Economies and Emotions
Inbunden, 2021
2510 kr
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This book, based on extensive original research, explores the lives, the migratory experiences and the social, economic, and emotional practices of Chinese migrant women during their migrations and mobilities in China, from China to Taiwan, from Taiwan to China and in between the two countries. It …
Women Migrants in Southern China and Taiwan
Mobilities, Digital Economies and Emotions
Häftad, 2023
691 kr
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This book, based on extensive original research, explores the lives, the migratory experiences and the social, economic, and emotional practices of Chinese migrant women during their migrations and mobilities in China, from China to Taiwan, from Taiwan to China and in between the two countries. It …
China's Environmental Foreign Relations
Inbunden, 2021
2743 kr
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Over recent decades, China has moved from being a follower towards taking on a leadership role in global environmental governance. This book discusses this important development. It examines the key role of Chinese interest groups, showing how through various domestic dynamics they have influenced …
China's Environmental Foreign Relations
Häftad, 2022
647 kr
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Over recent decades, China has moved from being a follower towards taking on a leadership role in global environmental governance. This book discusses this important development. It examines the key role of Chinese interest groups, showing how through various domestic dynamics they have influenced …
Chinese Communist Party in Action
Consolidating Party Rule
Av Lance L.P. Gore, Zheng Yongnian
Häftad, 2021
720 kr
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Much is written about China and the role of the Chinese Communist Party, but without exploring in detail the nature of the party and how it operates. This book provides an in-depth assessment of the current state of the Chinese Communist Party. It outlines the huge size of the party – 88 million …
China's Authoritarian Path to Development
Is Democratization Possible?
Av Liang Tang
Häftad, 2019
742 kr
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This book examines the various stages of China’s development, in the economic, social, and political fields, relating theories and models of development to what is actually occurring in China, and discussing how China’s development is likely to progress going forward. It argues that China’s …
China-Africa Relations
Building Images through Cultural Co-operation, Media Representation, and Communication
Av Kathryn Batchelor, Xiaoling Zhang
Häftad, 2019
712 kr
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The recent rapid growth in China’s involvement in Africa is being promoted by both Chinese and African leaders as being conducted in a spirit of cooperation, friendship and equality. In the media and informally, however, a different, less harmonious picture emerges. This book explores how China and …
Foreign Policies toward Taiwan
Av Shaohua Hu
Häftad, 2019
691 kr
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The issue of Taiwan is the single most difficult factor in the relationship between China and the United States. Any cross-straits conflict between China and Taiwan is likely not only to pit the world’s two leading powers against each other, but also to suck in many other countries. This book …
China and the New International Order
Av Wang Gungwu, Zheng Yongnian
Inbunden, 2008
1826 kr
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This book explores China's place in the ‘new international order’, from both the international perspective and from the perspective within China. It discusses how far the new international order, as outlined by George Bush in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the liberation of Kuwait …
China's Opening Society
The Non-State Sector and Governance
Av Zheng Yongnian, Joseph Fewsmith
Inbunden, 2008
765 kr
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Despite its recent rapid economic growth, China’s political system has remained resolutely authoritarian. However, an increasingly open economy is creating the infrastructure for an open society, with the rise of a non-state sector in which a private economy, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) …
Non-Governmental Organisations in China
Av Yiyi Lu
Inbunden, 2008
2510 kr
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As Chinese society becomes more open, and hopes rise that control by the Communist Party may become more relaxed, a great deal is expected from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the formation of civil society. This book, based on extensive original research including detailed interview …