MACMILLAN Social Welfare in India and China: A Comparative Perspective

Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book examines the social policies and programmes designed to address different societal issues and concerns across India and China. It focuses on gaining understanding of design and delivery of social welfare policies related to special interest groups, highlighting important contemporary challenges such as child labour, child abuse, exploitation of women, problems related to disabled people, mental health issue, illiteracy and unemployment. Offering a comparative perspective, the book considers the impact of political administration in both countries to critically assess key issues related to social welfare in two different political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. Review “When the world is focusing on the economic rivalry between India and China at their front door, this book draws attention to the backyards of these two emerging powers: the well-being of their people. Its comparative focus of economic, social as well as cultural factors distinguishes it from most other writings on the subject.” (Jack W. K. Chan, Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, China)  From the Back Cover Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book examines the social policies and programmes designed to address different societal issues and concerns across India and China. It focuses on gaining understanding of design and delivery of social welfare policies related to special interest groups, highlighting important contemporary challenges such as child labour, child abuse, exploitation of women, problems related to disabled people, mental health issue, illiteracy and unemployment. Offering a comparative perspective, the book considers the impact of political administration in both countries to critically assesses key issues related to social welfare in two different political, economic, social, and cultural contexts. About the Author Jianguo Gao is Professor in the Department of Social Work in the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Shandong University, China. Rajendra Baikady is Golda Meir Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Senior Research Associate at University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lakshmana Govindappa is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Central University of Karnataka, India.   Sheng-Li Cheng is Professor in the Department of Social Work in the School of Philosophy and Social Development at Shandong University, China.