Better to Rely on Ourselves: Changing Social Rights in Urban China Since 1979 - Couverture rigide

Thelle, Hatla

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8791114268 ISBN 13 : 9788791114267

Editeur : NIAS Press, 2004

Synopsis

With the implementation of economic reforms in China from 1979 came the abolition of the "iron rice-bowl", the social and employment guarantees underpinning communist rule in Maoist China. This study analyses changes in the protection of social rights in China since 1979 for the middle-income level of the urban population, based on family interviews and documentary studies. It treats how conditions foremployment, housing, social security and education have undergone a complete transformation as a consequence of the transition to a market economy. While the Chinese population has benefited from more freedom of choice and movement for the individual citizen, there is less stable protection of the right to work, health care, housing and education. Moreover, channels of popular participation in the decision-making process remain fragile and knowledge of complaints mechanisms and legal remedies is poor.

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À propos de l'auteur

Hatla Thelle is a China specialist, and a researcher and project manager at the Danish Institute for Human Rights in Copenhagen. Since 2006 she has been head of the China Unit.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NIAS Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8791114268
• ISBN 13: 9788791114267
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 368
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• Personne responsable: non disponible