Five worlds of social reproduction after the new millennium:placing transitional China in a three‑dimensional model of social reproduction  

作　　者：Yao Xu 

机构地区：[1]Kyoto University Asian Studies Unit,Kyoto,Japan

出　　处：《The Journal of Chinese Sociology》2024年第1期366-395,共30页中国社会学杂志(英文)

摘　　要：Since the late 2000s,China has accelerated reconstruction of the welfare state against the backdrop of the second transition.Following a typological approach,this study proposes an analytical framework for assessing varieties of social reproduc-tion before delving into a comparative look at China’s national institutional frame-work,in which China is regarded as a transitional economy and a late bloomer.As represented in three dimensions,countries have production regimes that diverge in the degree of coordination,welfare regimes that differ in the degree of decommodi-fication,and labor reproduction regimes that vary in the degree of depatriarchalization.We investigate the convergence and divergence of advanced economies,transitional economies,and the emerging economies of East Asian countries.Hierarchical cluster analysis and a three-dimensional map illustrate the varieties of regimes at the intersec-tions of production,welfare,and reproduction.With the help of institutional comple-mentarities,five worlds of social reproduction are distinguished:the late blooming,the liberal,the catch-up/transitional,the conservative,and the social democratic.China’s production regime converges with that of continental Europe and Post-Socialist societies based on institutional arrangements of nonmarket coordination;however,limited income maintenance and redistribution policies,the absence of family-friendly policies,and the regendering of the division of labor make China’s institutional mix appear more compatible with East Asian societies than Western ones.The institutional complementarities between the welfare and labor reproduction regimes reveal a social reproduction scenario that is less than purely late blooming.

关 键 词：Production-welfare-reproduction regimes Transitional China Comparative welfare regime studies 

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