Hong Kong's 1997 reversion to Chinese sovereignty brought two hitherto distinctive social
policy systems into one country. As Hong Kong is gradually assimilated into China in the …

For the past 50 years, the Chinese social policy discourse has barely been the subject of
discussion in international social policy circles. This is in large part due to the dissimilarity of …

This article discusses the politics of social policy development in Hong Kong following the
Asian financial crisis. It examines the cause, mode and political significance of social policy …

This title was first published in 2003. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is a timely
example of social policy reform in a socialist market economy. This important and topical …

This chapter looks into the context of social policy reform in China by offering relevant
theoretical, comparative and historical perspectives. Western scholars, as well as academics …

Examines the extent to which social policy adopted by the colonial government in Hong
Kong (prior to its hand‐over China in 1997) has set the agenda for the government of the …

Many authors define social policy as the action of governments designed to promote welfare
(Dorwart 1971; Wilding 2007). Contrary to this positive view, Catherine Jones (1990) treats …

China's social policy has been undergoing significant changes since the introduction of
market-oriented economic reform and the transition from a planned economy in the late …

The story of China's spectacular economic growth is well known. Less well known is the
country's equally dramatic, though not always equally successful, social policy transition …

Since 2003 the rapid development of China's social policy has aroused much academic
interest. This research places the development of social policy in China's political and …