Public Policy in China

How does the Chinese government deal with its social problems and set up its systems of social security, health care, environmental control, population control, and economic development? In this book, Chinese and Western experts analyze the nature of public policymaking in China, specific measures and alternatives, and various methodological approaches. Students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in political science and public administration will find this unique study an invaluable one for understanding the little-known public policy process in China.This expert analysis opens with two chapters providing background on the study of public policy and political science in China today. Four chapters then define specific policy problems and measures to reform the social security system, health care administration, and environmental control and to promote economic development in relation to decentralization or centralization of government administration. Two chapters describe super-optimizing analysis and solutions in policy problems. The collection closes with an insider's perspective and a frequent visitor's perspective on public policy in China today.

Chinese and Western experts analyze the little-known public policymaking process in China showing how the government deals with social security, health care, environmental and population control, and economic development problems.

Preface: Chinese Policy StudiesBackground on Public Policy in ChinaPolicy Studies in China by Tang DaiwangPolitical Science in China by Zhao BaoxuSpecific Policy ProblemsReforming the Social Security System in China by Peter Nan-shong LeeHealth Care Administration in China by Sun GuangdeEnvironmental Control in the PRC by Hon S. Chan, K. C. Cheung, and Jack M. K. LoEconomic Development and Decentralized Government by Thomas R. Dye; Policy Analysis MethodsSuper-Optimizing Analysis and Chinese Policy Problems by Stuart S. NagelSuper-Optimum Solutions in Developmental Policy by King W. ChowDiverse EvaluationsAn Insider's Perspective by Xia ShuzhangA Frequent Visitor's Perspective by King W. Chow