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    How to Classify the Chinese Welfare State
    (2017-08-15)
    Gencer, Hande
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    Obinger, Herbert
    Despite its remarkable socio-economic transformations, very little has been done to classify China from a welfare-typological perspective. This scholarly project represents a case study of China in which the contemporary Chinese welfare state is analyzed by means of key welfare-regime indicators and analytical criteria in accordance with Esping-Andersen's theoretical framework (1990) for his Three Worlds typology. Analyzing China's welfare system raises interesting questions about how the Chinese welfare state evolves in the transition from a socialist to an open-market economy and, what is more, about what kind of welfare regime is emerging in China. The welfare typological analysis of the Chinese welfare state identified that the contemporary Chinese welfare state is most likely a hybrid of the Three Worlds: liberal in the sphere of healthcare, conservative-corporatist in the sphere of social insurance and social-democratic in the sphere of universal population coverage - albeit with Chinese deficiencies. Prospects of the Chinese welfare system remain an issue of great interest. The findings of this thesis offer a fertile ground for further comparative welfare state studies.
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    The 'Dangers of Decentralization' and Their Relevance to Local Public Services
    (2018-12-18)
    Arends, Helge
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    Schmitt, Carina
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    Obinger, Herbert
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    Obinger, Herbert
    This dissertation empirically evaluates the relevance of the three prominent dangers of fiscal decentralization, namely inefficiencies, regional inequalities and deficient accountability for the provision of local public goods related to health, education and public security. The major argument holds that the promise of fiscal decentralization theory does not always materialize. In fact, decentralization reforms should assess the risks related to increased inefficiencies, regional inequalities and deficient accountability in the context of public service provision. Also, the dissertation adds further insights to a debate which is characterized by a strong focus on the relationship between decentralization and economic growth, by a misconception of the notion of a efficiency and by a lacking understanding of the micro-level mechanisms that underlie macro-level effects.
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