Radical Inequalities: China's Revolutionary Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
(Book #383 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
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The Chinese Communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating income inequality. But paradoxically, it actually widened the income gap, undermining one of the most important objectives of Mao Zedong's revolution. Nara Dillon traces the origins of the Chinese welfare state from the 1940s through the 1960s, when such inequalities emerged and were institutionalized, to uncover the reasons why the state failed to achieve this goal...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674504313
ISBN13:9780674504318
Release Date:October 2015
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:344 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"
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