The Market in Chinese Social Policy

ANTHONY CHEUNG Head and Associate Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong BOB DEACON Professor of Social Policy, University of Sheffield IAN HOLLIDAY Professor of Policy Studies, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong K.Y. LAU Associate Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong GRACE O. M. LEE Assistant Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong JAMES LEE Associate Professor, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong KA-HO MOK Convenor, Comparative Education Policy Research Unit, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong

Marketizing Social Policy in China examines the impact of a shift to market principles in the critical sector of social policy. Marketization in social policy in turn creates new needs and raises issues that challenge commonly accepted notions of public-private responsibilities in a society undergoing rapid and deep social change.The introduction of market reforms has radically transformed China. Marketizing Social Policy in China examines the impact of a shift to market principles in the critical sector of social policy. The authors demonstrate how social policy reform has been driven by economic transformation, as profound structural change produced inevitable knock-on effects in people's livelihood. Marketization in social policy in turn creates new needs and raises issues that challenge commonly accepted notions of public-private responsibilities in a society undergoing rapid and deep social change.