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The welfare of urban youth in China 1949–79
John Dixon,
John Dixon
Search for more papers by this authorJohn Dixon,
John Dixon
Search for more papers by this authorA comprehensive review of the Chinese welfare system can be obtained from the author's The Chinese Welfare System: 1949–1979, to be published Autumn, 1981. New York: Praeger
Lecturer in Economics, School of Administrative Studies, Canberra College of Advanced Education, P.O. Box I, Belconnen, A.C.T. 2616, Australia
Abstract
The problems of urban youth in China, especially juvenile delinquency, have been a continuing policy concern for the Chinese Communist Party. Undoubtedly the factors that have most influenced the welfare of urban youth have been the inevitable delays in assigning them jobs and their compulsory and permanent transfer to the countryside. Exacerbating the situation has been the evident weakening of family discipline and the continuing confusion as to youth's proper role in Chinese society. The Chinese Communist Party's response has been to urge local neighbourhoods, rural production teams and local enterprises to provide a range of services and facilities for urban young people so as to inhibit juvenile misbehaviour and to ensure that they become policically and socially conforming adults.
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