When the lifeboat is overloaded: Social support and state enterprise reform in China

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-318

  Chan, Kin Man ^a   Qiu, Haixiong ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Family; Social support; State enterprise; Unemployment; Workers

Indexed keywords

POVERTY; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0033199390     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-067X(99)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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