UID:
kobvindex_ERBEBC4500170
Format:
1 online resource (461 pages)
Edition:
1
ISBN:
9783845270197
Series Statement:
Moderne Südasienstudien - Modern South Asian Studies ; v.4
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Cover -- I. Introduction - Social Security Provision in India and China -- 1.1 The Puzzle -- 1.2 Research Questions and general Assumption of the Study -- 1.3 Methodolgical Approach -- 1.4 Aim of the Study -- 1.5 Academic Relevance -- 1.6 Review on the Public Policy Literature -- Limitations of the existing public policy literature for India and China -- 1.7 Design of the Study -- II. Method -- 2.1 A Most Different Case Design -- 2.1.1 Oranges and Apples: Can Democracies be compared to non-Democracies? -- 2.1.2 Exploring the Puzzle: Social Security Provisions and Regime Type -- 2.1.3 Social Security and 'Good' Governance -- 2.1.4 Can Asia be compared to Europe? -- 2.1.5 China and India: Same Path, different Goals? -- The Chinese case: illustrating the requirement of adaptation -- 2.2 Towards a comparable Definition of Social Security -- 2.2.1 In Pursuit of a Working Definition -- 2.2.2 India and Chinese Concept of Social Security: Same Word, different Meaning -- 2.2.3 Working Definition for Social Security -- 2.3 Welfare Literature and the two Cases -- 2.3.1 Three classical approaches in theoretical reasoning and their implications -- 2.3.2 Towards an actor-orientated approach -- 2.3.3 Path-dependency and Social Security Provision -- 2.3.4 Critical Evalution on the existing Typologies -- 2.3.5 Expanding the View - Welfare Regimes Types in autocratic Systems -- Typology of Social Political Regimes in non-Democracies -- 2.4 Method of Process Tracing and the Analytic Narrative -- 2.4.1 Narrative, Path-Dependency and Critical Junctures -- 2.4.2 Narratives of Social Security Policy Development -- 2.5 The theoretical Framework and the Working Model -- 2.5.1 New Institutionalism in Comparative Political Literature -- 2.5.2 Relevane of Culture and Social Preferences in Literature -- 2.5.2.1 New Institutional Logic of Inquiry
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2.5.2.2 A Sequence Model of Social Security Provision -- 2.5.2.3 Definition of Institutions: Why they matter? -- 2.5.3 A New Institutional Model: Politics, Policy and Polity -- 2.5.4 Comments on the applied theoretical Model -- III. Descriptive View on India and China -- 3.1 Descriptive Inquiry and the analytic Narrative -- 3.1.1 Regional Differences -- 3.1.2 Social Security Provision: The Gap between Objectives and Outcomes -- 3.1.3 Female Participation in the Work-force -- 3.1.4 Vulnerability -- 3.1.5 Comments on Social Security Provision in China and India -- 3.2 Historical Development of Social Security Politics -- 3.2.1 General reflection on the Path-Dependency of Social Security Provision -- 3.2.2 Social Security Policy Trajectories -- 3.3 Same Goal, different Paths: Evolution of the Chinese case -- 3.3.1 Following Socialistic Vision, 1949 to 1977 -- 3.3.1.1 The Iron Rice Bowl: Left-totalitarian Welfare Regime and its Features -- 3.3.2 The First Period: Coming crises, hard figures vs. Socialistic Vision, 1978 to 1992 -- 3.3.3 The Second Period: A Conflict of Visions, 1993-2004 -- 3.3.3.1 Reform Period and Blueprint for today -- 3.3.3.2 Evolution of a pluralistic System in China -- 3.3.3.3 Introducing market-orientated Social Security Schemes in a pluralistic Setting -- RSCs: illustrating the deficits in policymaking and provision -- Shequ system - an example for urban focused focus of policy making -- 3.3.4 The Second Period: Social Security Politics, 1993-2004 -- The urban Pension Scheme: Strengths and Deficits -- Voluntary rural Pensions: Planning Challenges and Program Concurrency -- Health Insurance: The Issue of a missing coherent National Strategy -- Unemployment Insurance: Modest Coverage and low Benefits -- Maternity Insurance: Longitude and Commitment of Policy Making -- Employment Injury Insurance: Addressing Unemployment
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MSLS: A pioneering Project and its programmatic and ideological Constraints -- The Urban MSLS: In pursuit of Universal Coverage -- Five Guarantees: Providing minimal Social Assistance -- 3.3.5 The Third Period: Balanced economic and social Development, 2004 to 2009 -- 3.3.6 Welfare Regime with Chinese Characteristics -- 3.3.7 Comments on Social Security Provision in China -- 3.4 Same Goal, different Paths: Evolution of the Indian case -- 3.4.1 Following a socialist Vision, 1949-1977 -- 3.4.1.1 Continuity and Departure of Social Security Provision in the 1960s -- The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923: Relics of Colonial Rule -- The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 -- The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 -- The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 -- Government and Public Enterprise Schemes -- Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972: the Eve of Paradigm Change -- 3.4.2 The First Period: Blueprint for the modern Welfare Regime, 1978 to 1992 -- 3.4.3 The Second Period: Performance has Priority, 1993 to 2004 -- PDS: Policy Trajectories, changed Scope and the BPL Target Group -- 3.4.3.1 Social Security Provision in the late 1990s and early 2000s -- 3.4.3.2 India's Social Security and typical Deficits, 1991-2004 -- 3.4.3.3 Expanding the Safety Net for elderly people -- 3.4.3.4 Three Categories: the Range, Ccope and Deficits of typical pension schemes -- The National Pension Scheme -- The Pension Scheme under the National Social Assistance Program -- Indira Gandhi's National Old Age Pension Scheme -- Varishtha Pension Bima: A 'fill-in' for the IGNOPAS -- The Micro Pension Scheme: Empowering Women -- 3.4.3.5 Social Security and Health insurance in the unorganised sector -- Janashree Bhima Yojana: The modern Health Care Scheme -- The Universal Health Insurance Scheme -- SEWA Health Insurance - A Non governmental Initiative
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3.4.3.6 Social Security Schemes for the unorganised Sector -- The Janashree Bima Yojana Life Insurance -- The Krishi Samajik Suraksha Yojana - just a policy -- 3.4.4 The Third Period: Balanced economic and social Development, 2004 to 2009 -- 3.4.4.1 The NREGA and Social Assistance in India -- The Active Labour Market Programme or the 'Right to work' -- 3.4.4.2 Initiatives to improve the Social Security of unorganised Workers -- Bima Yojana - the flagship scheme and its problems -- Aam Admi Bima Yojana -- 3.4.5 Welfare Regime with Indian Characteristics -- 3.5 Comments on the historical descriptive Perspective -- IV. Economical-descriptive Approach -- 4.1 Elaboration of Wagner's Law in times of austerity -- 4.2 Economic Growth and institutional Causality -- 4.3 Explanatory Power of the demographic Growth -- 4.3.1 Economic Constraints on Social Security Policy Performance -- 4.3.2 Budget Restrictions: Debts and Revenues -- 4.3.3 Budget Restrictions: Programm Concurrency -- 4.4 Social Security Provision in Times of Global Economies -- 4.4.1 Changing Employment Situation, Trade Openness and Social Security -- 4.5 Economical, Social and Demographic Factors -- 4.5.1 Demographic Change and Public Policy -- 4.6 Comments on socio-economical Determinants -- V. Social Security Provision, State Capacity and Regime Type -- 5.1 In Pursuit of Regime Type: General reflection -- 5.1.1 Defining Regime Types -- 5.2 Assumed institutional Causalities and Social Security -- 5.3 Social Expenditure: Assumed Effects and the Reality -- 5.4 Remark on the Regime Type and Social Security -- VI. State format and Social Security Provision -- 6.1 Institutional Constrains on Policy Making -- 6.1.2 Autocracies, Democracies in Developing Countries, and institutional Veto Points -- 6.1.3 MDCD and the Issue of Comparison
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6.2 Descriptive Perspective: Constitutional and institutional Constrains -- 6.2.1 Institutional veto points in China and India -- 6.3 State Format: National Level and Decision Making -- 6.3.1 India's resilient Democracy -- 6.3.1.1 Constitutional and institutional Features of India's Political Regime -- 6.3.1.2 Lok Sabha and Raj Sabha: Social Policy Making -- The Rajya Sabha -- The Lok Sabha -- The two Houses and the Law Making Process -- 6.3.1.3 Social Policy Making: Involvement of Legislative and Executive -- 6.3.1.4 The Indian Social Security Administration -- Ministry of Labour and Employment -- Employees' Provident Fund Organisation -- Employees' State Insurance Corporation -- Department of Social Welfare -- Ministries and Social Security Administration -- 6.3.2 Political Chain of Command and Control in China -- 6.3.2.1 CCP the Locus of Political Life -- 6.3.2.2 The Politburo: A key actor -- 6.3.2.3 The Chinese State, Social Security and Administration -- The Chinese State Council -- The National People's Congress: The 'rubber stamp' -- The Ministry of Labour and Social Security -- The ACFTU: Quasi Law Making Power -- The Ministry of Civil Affairs -- The Ministry of Health -- The National Fund of Social Security Funds -- 6.4 The State Format: Federalism and Decentralisation -- 6.4.1 State Format and Social Security in India and China -- 6.4.1.1 Chinese-Style Federalism -- 6.4.1.2 India's unusual Federalism: a Balance of self and shared Rule -- 6.4.1.3 Pluralism: Performance differences on Local Levels -- India's Pluralism and Social Security Provision -- Chinese Pluralism and Fiscal Constraints on Social Security Provision -- 6.4.2 Comments on the State Format -- 6.5 Bureaucracy and Longitude of Policy Making -- 6.5.1 Chinese Bureaucracy and Long-term Planning -- 6.5.1.1 Qualitative Constraints on Chinese Bureaucracy
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Red capitalists and the CCP
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Print version: Siefert, Silvan Social Security in India and China Berlin : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft,c2015 ISBN 9783848726820
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