Introduction to Rural Welfare in China. - Research framework and methodology -- Welfare concepts and systems -- Historical studies of the Chinese welfare system -- Traditional Chinese Rural Welfare -- Ancient families and communities -- The state and traditional thoughts -- Driven by missionary, the republic government, and intellectuals in modern times -- The Socialist Welfare System under Pla…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Approach -- Chapter 2. Methodological Approach -- Chapter 3. Analysis of the Power Struggles over the Post-Neoliberal Social Security System Reform in Venezuela -- Chapter 4. Analysis of the Power Struggles over the Post-Neoliberal Social Security System Reform in Ecuador -- Chapter 5. Comparative Analysis of the Power Struggles over the Post-Neoliberal So…
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction-. 1. Water -- 2. Natural and Cultural Landscapes -- 3. Natural Resources -- 4. Energy, Environmental Pollution and Policy -- 5. Demography -- 6. The Netherlands, Europe and the World -- 7. Cultural and Electoral Geography -- 8. Governance -- 9. Economic Geography -- 10. Cities, Suburbs, Villages -- 11. Infrastructures -- 12. Social Map -- 13. Prospect…
Part One: Law under modernization: foundational discourse -- Chapter 1 -Critique of institutionalist-functionalist focus of the good governance paradigm -- Chapter 2 - Law under capitalist modernization (1947-1960’s) -- Chapter 3 - Law under socialist modernization (1970’s-1980’s) -- Part Two: Law under neo-liberal development: Rights for democratic deficit -- Chapter 4- The rise of the j…
Chapter 1. The Politics of Higher Education Tuition Fees and Subsidies -- Chapter 2. The Four Worlds of Students Finance - A Comparatives Descriptive Overview of Tuition Fees and Subsidies in 33 OECD-Countries -- Chapter 3 'Some Flesh to the Bones' - Illustrative Case Studies of Four Diverse Cases Over Seven Decades -- Chapter 4. What do Parties Want? - Parties' Positions and Issue Emphases on …
1. Failures and Achievements of the Past -- 2. Which Revolution? -- 3. Peaceful Transition -- 4. Globalization and Socialism in One Country -- 5. Which Socialism? -- 6. Social Classes -- 7. Practical Steps.Through a series of conversations with prominent theorists and leading political activists in different parts of the world, this book explores the causes of the setbacks of both the reformist…
Introduction -- Part I Framing the scenario of public-interest services: Citizen activism and social innovation -- New forms of economies: sharing economy, collaborative consumption, peer-to-peer economy -- New forms of welfare: relational welfare, second welfare, co-production -- Design for public-interest services: an emerging field of experimentation -- Part II Experimenting with public-inte…
Prologue -- The Development of China’s Social Welfare System -- The Deviation of China’s Social Insurance Fund Mode and Its Corrections -- Health Problems and Health Equality in the Transitional Period -- Establishing a Basic Rural Medical Security System -- Analysis of Factors Affecting Rural Residents’ Satisfaction with Medical Services -- Analysis of Social Security Expenditures by the…
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Capitalist development and the growth paradigm -- Chapter 3 Growth and the welfare state as we know it -- Chapter 4 Critiques of growth -- Chapter 5 Postgrowth and human wellbeing -- Chapter 6: The generation of human wellbeing – social practices theory -- Chapter 7: Welfare in a global steady-state economy -- Chapter 8: Conclusions.This book presents a d…
Part I: Introduction -- 1. The Project: Theoretical Framework and Institutional Experience around the World -- 2. University Social Responsibility Network: A Platform to Promote University Social Responsibility -- Part II: Concepts and Theoretical Considerations -- 3. From Historical Roots to Contemporary Challenges -- 4. University Social Responsibility: Conceptualization and an Assessment Fra…