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Governance Reform towards “Serving Migrant Workers”: The Local Implementation of Central Government Regulations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2008

Gloria Davies  and
Gaby Ramia
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Abstract

Using data from three provinces as part of a joint study by Monash University in Australia and China's Institute of Labour Science, an affiliate body of the national Ministry of Labour and Social Security, this article examines the extension of social rights and social security coverage to intra-national migrants in China as a public governance issue. More specifically, it analyses how central government regulations on improving the situation of migrant workers are being interpreted and implemented by local governments. In this regard, it offers a unique case study of difficulties encountered in the local implementation of policy directives issued by the central government.

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The China Quarterly , Volume 193 , March 2008 , pp. 140 - 149
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Copyright © The China Quarterly 2008

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* We acknowledge funding from the ARC Linkage Grant scheme (LP0561084) and the Monash Global Institute for the project with ILS. We are grateful to Guo Yue, former Head of Labour Relations Research, ILS, for his valuable comments on an earlier draft.