Reform and Stability – The Russian and the Chinese Welfare Systems Compared

IF 0.7 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Markus Kainu, Markku Kivinen, S. Kuhnle, Chunling Li
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Abstract

Systematic theoretical work on Russian and Chinese social policy seems to be lacking. While previous research establishes how democratic systems produce welfare, it is unclear what kind of welfare such transitional systems provide. Our analysis adheres to structuration based theoretical explanations, taking into account both agency and structure as factors needed to explain these regimes’ welfare policy. Hybrid regimes are eager to adopt global liberally oriented welfare policies, which tend to ignore popular demands. Western analysis of Russian and Chinese social policy emphasizes the dualistic influence of liberal versus statist social policy. This dualistic conceptualization fails to take into account the contradictions between ideological frames and hybrid regimes’ vulnerability to popular pressures. Widespread corruption undermines formal procedures and underlies growth of informal practices. Both Russia and China have considerable welfare achievements and vast problems. In conditions of economic growth, both have experienced huge increases in inequality and individualization of risk.
改革与稳定——俄罗斯与中国福利制度比较
对俄罗斯和中国社会政策的系统理论研究似乎缺乏。虽然先前的研究确定了民主制度如何产生福利,但尚不清楚这种过渡制度提供什么样的福利。我们的分析坚持基于结构的理论解释,考虑到代理和结构作为解释这些政权福利政策所需的因素。混合型政权急于采取以全球自由主义为导向的福利政策,而这些政策往往无视民众的要求。西方对俄罗斯和中国社会政策的分析强调了自由主义与中央集权社会政策的二元影响。这种二元论的概念化没有考虑到意识形态框架和混合型政权对民众压力的脆弱性之间的矛盾。普遍的腐败破坏了正式程序,助长了非正式行为的增长。俄罗斯和中国都有相当大的福利成就和巨大的问题。在经济增长的条件下,两者都经历了不平等和风险个性化的大幅增加。
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Russian Politics
Russian Politics Arts and Humanities-History
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