Government and Politics of China Reading Questions 10
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Prof. Susan Whiting Government and Politics of China POLS 442/SISEA 449 Reading Questions #10 Martin King Whyte, Myth of the Social Volcano 1. How do Chinese citizens perceive income inequality in their immediate environment and income inequality at the national level? 2. Do the majority of the survey respondents see current inequalities as fair or unfair? According to the survey, which factors are most important in explaining why some people get rich and some people get poor? 3. What’s the predominant view of Chinese citizens on how an ideal society looks? 4. To what extent do Chinese citizens believe that social inequalities breed severe social conflicts? Vivienne Shue and Christine Wong, Paying for Progress 1. How does China’s fiscal system impact the pattern of social welfare delivery? 2. To what extent are local officials incentivized to provide extensive public goods to local residents? How do their incentives relate to intra-regional inequality? Jane Duckett, Local Governance, Health Financing, and Changing Patterns of Inequality in Access to Health Care 1. How was health service provision and financing organized in both rural and urban areas before 1978? What was the pattern of inequality in access to health care before the reform? 2. How are health service provision and financing organized in rural and urban areas post-1978? What is the pattern of 1
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Prof. Susan WhitingGovernment and Politics of ChinaPOLS 442/SISEA 449
Reading Questions #10
Martin King Whyte, Myth of the Social Volcano
1. How do Chinese citizens perceive income inequality in their immediate environment and income inequality at the national level?
2. Do the majority of the survey respondents see current inequalities as fair or unfair? According to the survey, which factors are most important in explaining why some people get rich and some people get poor?
3. What’s the predominant view of Chinese citizens on how an ideal society looks?
4. To what extent do Chinese citizens believe that social inequalities breed severe social conflicts?
Vivienne Shue and Christine Wong, Paying for Progress
1. How does China’s fiscal system impact the pattern of social welfare delivery?
2. To what extent are local officials incentivized to provide extensive public goods to local residents? How do their incentives relate to intra-regional inequality?
Jane Duckett, Local Governance, Health Financing, and Changing Patterns of Inequality in Access to Health Care
1. How was health service provision and financing organized in both rural and urban areas before 1978? What was the pattern of inequality in access to health care before the reform?
2. How are health service provision and financing organized in rural and urban areas post-1978? What is the pattern of inequality in access to health care after 1978? How do market reform and decentralization contribute to the changing patterns?
3. How is today’s health service provision organized? Do reforms starting around 2000 exacerbate or alleviate inequality, and why?
(optional reading) Nita Rudra and Stephan Haggard, Globalization, Democracy, and Effective Welfare Spending in the Development World
1. What are two logical mechanisms that explain why democracy is more likely to lead to more expansive welfare spending than autocracies?
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2. Identify a counter-argument to the one in the last question. Why might autocracies redistribute more than democracies?
3. How might globalization impact social spending?
4. In general, do authoritarian regimes and democratic regimes respond differently to globalization in terms of social welfare?
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