Description: Hong Kong and Shanghai have experienced growth spurred by more and better-managed capital. Health and social finance at the level these "First World" cities demand threatens to consume a large portion of the municipal budgets. This book provides an overview of the similarities and differences between social policies in the two cities. policies.
Review Quotes: "This book may be the first study in English that systematically compares the social policies of Hong Kong and Shanghai. It covers most of the important policies such as health care, housing, education, labor, social security, eldercare, and migration; and it fills in a gap in the literature on comparative social policy."