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Song, Fengxiang.

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Human well-being in China: A subnational analysis.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Human well-being in China: A subnational analysis./
Author:	Song, Fengxiang.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1995,
Description:	128 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-10, Section: A, page: 4170.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International56-10A.
Subject:	Social structure. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9603692

Human well-being in China: A subnational analysis.
Song, Fengxiang.

Human well-being in China: A subnational analysis. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995 - 128 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-10, Section: A, page: 4170.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 1995.

This dissertation addresses the following question: What macro-structural factors determined the variation of regional well-being in China during the late 1980s? Four macro-social theories shed light on this question: modernization theory, state theory, human ecology theory, and dependency/world systems theory. Modernization theorists claim that industrialization is the "engine" of human well-being. State theorists argue that state investment is the key driving force of human well-being. Human ecologists contend that rapid population growth undercuts human well-being. Proponents of dependency/world systems theory contend that asymmetrical power relations between and within nations reduce human well-being.Subjects--Topical Terms:

528995
Social structure.

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520 $a This dissertation addresses the following question: What macro-structural factors determined the variation of regional well-being in China during the late 1980s? Four macro-social theories shed light on this question: modernization theory, state theory, human ecology theory, and dependency/world systems theory. Modernization theorists claim that industrialization is the "engine" of human well-being. State theorists argue that state investment is the key driving force of human well-being. Human ecologists contend that rapid population growth undercuts human well-being. Proponents of dependency/world systems theory contend that asymmetrical power relations between and within nations reduce human well-being.
520 $a Studies of the sub-national variation of human well-being in China have examined one or two of these theories with data collected before the economic reforms, but no study has examined all four theories simultaneously or used recent data. Previous researchers have also failed to use the full range of alternative measures of human well-being; they have tended to confine their attention to standard economic measures that fail to incorporate distributional and environmental considerations. In effect, little is known about the structural determinants of the sub-national variation of alternative forms of human well-being in China. This dissertation fills this gap in the literature. Specifically, five alternative forms of human well-being (including GDP per capita, a modified version of the U.N. Human Development Index and two components, and sustainability) were modeled as a function of industrialization (industrial employment), government investment, population growth, foreign penetration (coastal location), and two control variables for both cities and provinces in the late 1980s.
520 $a A total of forty tests of the hypotheses derived from the four theories were made. Results of the tests based on GDP per capita and the Human Development Index (and components) indicate several things: state theory was confirmed for most measures of human well-being, human ecology theory received some support, and both modernization theory and dependency/world systems theory were rejected. When human well-being was defined in sustainability terms, however, all four theories were rejected. Theoretical and policy implications of the research are discussed.
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