Social welfare

Author: Chen Yine
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book elaborates on the relationship between social welfare and social security, viewing social security as a subsystem of the social welfare system. On this basis, it provides a comprehensive, systematic, and summarized review of social welfare, divided into three parts: "General Introduction to Social Welfare" (Chapters 1-4), "Specific Aspects of Social Welfare" (Chapters 5-8), and "Reform and Development" (Chapters 9-12).
The upper part, "General Introduction to Social Welfare" (Chapters 1-4), introduces the basic theories of social welfare, the evolution of social welfare systems, and the fundamental content of social welfare systems. It explores the economic foundation on which social welfare systems are based, the level of social welfare and its measurement, social welfare funds and their management.
The middle part, "Specific Aspects of Social Welfare" (Chapters 5-8), elaborates on elderly social welfare, social welfare for women and children, social welfare for people with disabilities, and occupational welfare, among others.
The lower part, "Reform and Development" (Chapters 9-12), examines issues such as the relationship between social welfare and poverty, the socialization of social welfare services and management, and the reform of social welfare systems in developed countries and China.