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      Governing Health in Contemporary China
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      Governing Health in Contemporary China book

      ByYanzhong Huang
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2012
      eBook Published 19 November 2012
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203078549
      Pages 192
      eBook ISBN 9780203078549
      Subjects Area Studies, Global Development, Health and Social Care, Urban Studies
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      Huang, Y. (2012). Governing Health in Contemporary China (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203078549

      ABSTRACT

      The lack of significant improvement in people’s health status and other mounting health challenges in China raise a puzzling question about the country’s internal transition: why did the reform-induced dynamics produce an economic miracle, but fail to reproduce the success Mao had achieved in the health sector? This book examines the political and policy dynamics of health governance in post-Mao China. It explores the political-institutional roots of the public health and health care challenges and the evolution of the leaders’ policy response in contemporary China. It argues that reform-induced institutional dynamics, when interacting with Maoist health policy structure in an authoritarian setting, have not only contributed to the rising health challenges in contemporary China, but also shaped the patterns and outcomes of China’s health system transition. The study of China’s health governance will further our understanding of the evolving political system in China and the complexities of China’s rise. As the world economy and international security are increasingly vulnerable to major disease outbreaks in China, it also sheds critical light on China’s role in global health governance.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|23 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 2|29 pages

      Health governance under Mao,1949–76

      chapter 3|29 pages

      Providing care for all

      Healthcare reforms in post-Mao China

      chapter 4|30 pages

      Harnessing the fourth horseman

      Capacity building in disease control and prevention

      chapter 5|23 pages

      Building the ship at sea

      Food and drug safety regulation

      chapter 6|11 pages

      Conclusions and implications

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