Prof. Liu Tao (Universität Duisburg-Essen): „The Welfare Regime Within and Beyond Borders: The Openness and Closedness of Chinese Social Policy“

Theologicum, T0.136 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, Göttingen

Abstract: The functional operation of conventional Chinese welfare regime was closely linked to institutionally created forms of discrepancies and borders entrenching the status differences between different social classes as well as among welfare clients from different social spaces (e.g. rural or urban areas). Since the Millennium an unprecedented and fast expanding social policy in the […]

Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen (Chinese University of Hong Kong): „Discovering Childhood and Paediatrics in Chinese History: Further Considerations „

Theologicum, T0.136 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, Göttingen

Abstract: As a reflection on thirty plus years of research on childhood and paediatrics in Chinese history, this lecture intends to present further concerns after a systematic review, in three parts: First, a retrospective on the why's and how's of studying children and childhood in history, the conceptual definition that the Chinese case had to […]

Prof. Reza Hasmath (Alberta): „Is Policy Innovation Possible Under the Xi Jinping Regime?“

Theologicum, T0.136 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2, Göttingen

Abstract: Despite playing a key contributory role in China’s recent economic reforms and the Party’s regime durability, there has been a noted reduction in central-level policy experimentation under Xi Jinping’s administration. Recent studies have further noted an empirical reduction in policy innovation at the subnational level, and question whether local officials will continue to experiment […]