China's leaders faced a major challenge to provide citizens with acceptable social welfare during the economic transition. They are confronted with building a new support system in the countryside, shifting the burden in urban China from the factory to the local state, and integrating new social groups, into existing systems. The book comprises a detailed study of healthcare, disease control, social insurance and social relief.
China's leaders faced a major challenge to provide citizens with acceptable social welfare during the economic transition. They are confronted with bu...
Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals the manner in which neoliberal reform in Chile has undermined the urban poor's incentives and ability to hold public officials accountable, negatively affecting the quality of Chilean democracy.
Through an in-depth analysis of the Chilean labour market, social welfare, and state reforms, this book reveals the manner in which neoliberal reform ...
Paul W. Posner Viviana Patroni Jean Francois Mayer
In recent decades, Latin American countries have sought to modernize their labour market institutions to comply with the demands of globalization. This book evaluates the impact of such neoliberal reforms on labour movements and workers' rights in the region through comparative analyses of Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela.
In recent decades, Latin American countries have sought to modernize their labour market institutions to comply with the demands of globalization. Thi...
