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What kind of welfare state is emerging in China?
Ringen, Stein; Ngok, Kinglun - 2013
China is joining the group of countries that have reasonably comprehensive systems of social protection in place. In … Republic of China? China has been politically unique. It is one of only five remaining communist states, the others being Cuba … social justice. While maintaining its political uniqueness, China has shed its economic uniqueness. With the reform and …
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The making of an economic superpower : unlocking China’s secret of rapid industrialization
Wen, Yi - 2015
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Social democracy and distributive conflict in the UK : 1950 - 2010
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Mohun, Simon; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013
In the last three decades, two questions have been central for the Left. Is there a future for electoral socialism and social democracy? And, is it any longer possible to promote a significant redistribution of income in favour of labour? Political and economic events seem to suggest negative...
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Mapping diversity in social history
Sori, Ercole - 2003
The paper is an overview of diversity in history, starting as far back as the societies in classical Ancient Europe and traditional non-European societies, where differentiation was basically between the enslaved and free population and the out-of-caste in India. With the end of slavery the...
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Social democracy and distributive conflict in the UK, 1950-2010
Fiorio, Carlo V.; Mohun, Simon; Veneziani, Roberto - 2013 - This version: 6 May, 2013
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Financial crisis in a socialist setting : impact on political behavior, social trust, and economic values
Abramitzky, Ran; Ben-Porath, Netanel; Lavy, Victor; … - 2023
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The social planning and the politico-economic structure
Sakamoto, Yasuo - 1980
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Systemic crises and the social protection system : three proposals for World Bank action
Kanbur, Ravi - 2009
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The continuing enigmas of social policy
Fine, Ben - 2014
One particular index of the systemic nature of the current crisis is the weaknesses of intellectual responses to the crisis and the inability, often self-confessed by orthodox thinkers and policy makers, to offer convincing or viable remedies. Unsurprisingly, this intellectual deficiency has...
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Social policy in Venezuela : bucking neoliberalism or unsustainable clientelism
Buxton, Julia - 2014
This paper highlights the institutions, actors and processes that have driven social policy provision and health care in Venezuela during distinct political periods. The historical detail contextualises a protracted struggle over the distribution of the countryś oil wealth. The paper concurs...
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