TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mok,Ka-Ho
AU  - Ku,Yeun-wen
ED  - Symposium on the Quest for Social Cohesion in Greater China: Challenges for Social Policy and Governance
TI  - Social cohesion in greater China: challenges for social policy and governance 
T2  - Series on contemporary China,
SN  - 9789814291934
AV  - HN733.5 .S625 2010eb
U1  - 361.610951 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - World Scientific
KW  - Social integration
KW  - China
KW  - Taiwan
KW  - Hong Kong
KW  - Intégration sociale
KW  - Chine
KW  - Hongkong
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Social Services & Welfare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Human Services
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - fast
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Sozialpolitik
KW  - gnd
KW  - Soziale Integration
KW  - Politique publique
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - Congrès
KW  - ram
KW  - Hong Kong (China)
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Kina
KW  - socialpolitik
KW  - sao
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: the quest for a balanced economic growth and social development- ideas and practices promoting social cohesion in greater China / Ka Ho Mok, Ka Kuen Leung, Yeun Wen Ku -- Social cohesive efforts to meet youth development needs in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong / Sandra K.M. Tsang, Yiu Kong Chu -- In search of harmonious society in China: a social policy response / Kinglun Ngok, Yapeng Zhu -- Social cohesion in a divided society: lessons from Taiwan's welfare politics / Yeun Wen Ku -- One country, two cities: a comparison of perceived cohesion in Guangzhou / Simon T.M. Chan, Sammy W.S. Chiu, Marcus Y.L. Chiu -- Governing a global city in the context of political transition / Tai Lok Liu -- Embracing the market: examining the consequences for education, housing, and health in Chinese cities / Ka Ho Mok, Yu Cheung Wong, Richard M. Walker, Xiulan Zhang -- Urban governance from below: a case study of Kaohsiung, Taiwan / Shiuh Shen Chien, Yeiling Wu -- Elderly poverty and old-age pension reform in Hong Kong: issues and prospects / Ernest Chiu, Lisanne Ko -- Is welfare restructuring and economic development in post-19097 Hong Kong in search of a cohesive society? / Maggie Lau, Ka Ho Mok -- Economic development and household economic well-being in urban China / Xiulan Zhang, Terry Lum, Yuebin Xu -- The fragmentation of the old-age security system: the politics of pension reform in Taiwan / Shih Jiunn Shi
N2  - This book critically examines the issues and challenges of social development faced by societies in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, with particular reference to the major strategies these societies adopt to promote social cohesion and civil harmony in the context of globalization. It focuses on people who have been socially marginalized by the Asian financial crisis in 1997, and examines the measures Greater China has adopted to balance economic growth and social development. The book will be of interest to readers who wish to know more about societies in Mainland China, and the effects
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