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1. Cultural Exclusion in China

   State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

   By Lin Yi

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country’s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. China's Civil Service Reform

   By Wang Xiaoqi

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   A market economy and a more liberal society have brought great challenges to China’s outdated governance structure and personnel management. To improve decision-making in government and reshape the management system in face of a more complex economy, post-Mao authorities have implemented a number...

   Published April 1st 2012 by Routledge
3. The Emergent Knowledge Society and the Future of Higher Education

   Asian Perspectives

   Edited by Deane E. Neubauer

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   The nature of higher education is by no means fixed: it has evolved over time; different models of higher education co-exist alongside each other at present; and, worldwide, there are demands for higher education to change to better help support economic growth and to better fit chagning social and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
4. China's Assimilationist Language Policy

   The Impact on Indigenous/Minority Literacy and Social Harmony

   Edited by Gulbahar H. Beckett, Gerard A. Postiglione

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   China has huge ethnic minorities – over 40 different groups with a total population of over 100 million. Over time China’s policies towards minority languages have varied, changing from policies which have accommodated minority languages to policies which have encouraged integration. At...

   Published October 26th 2011 by Routledge
5. Welfare Reform in East Asia

   Towards Workfare

   Edited by Chak Kwan Chan, Kinglun Ngok

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   In many Western countries, social welfare payments are increasingly being made conditional on recipients doing voluntary work or attending job training courses, a system known as "welfare-to-work" or "workfare". Although social welfare in Asia is very different to the West, with much smaller social...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
6. Changing Governance and Public Policy in East Asia

   Edited by Ka Ho Mok, Ray Forrest

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into sharp focus by the Asian Financial Crisis which...

   Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge
7. Ageing in East Asia

   Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century

   Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu, Rhidian Hughes

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception. Demographics show that countries in East Asia either have the highest proportion of older people, or the speed at which their population is ageing is faster than anywhere else in the...

   Published March 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China

   Edited by Rachel Murphy

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Since the mid-1980s, mass migration from the countryside to urban areas has been one of the most dramatic and noticeable changes in China. Labour migration has not only exerted a profound impact on China’s economy; it has also had far-reaching consequences for its social development. This book...

   Published May 31st 2010 by Routledge
9. Governance for Harmony in Asia and Beyond

   Edited by Julia Tao, Anthony B. L. Cheung, Martin Painter, Chenyang Li

   Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

   Harmony has become a major challenge for modern governance in the twenty-first century because of the multi-religious, multi-racial and multi-ethnic character of our increasingly globalized societies. Governments all over the world are facing growing pressure to integrate the many diverse elements...

   Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
10. Government and Policy-Making Reform in China

    The Implications of Governing Capacity

    By Bill K.P. Chou

    Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

    China’s rapid economic development has not translated automatically into political development, with many of its institutions still in need of major reform. In the post-Mao era, despite the decentralization of local government with significant administrative and fiscal authority, China’s government...

    Published April 16th 2009 by Routledge