The myth of neighbourhood mutual help the contemporary Chinese community-based welfare system in Guangzhou - Chan, Cecilia L. W. (Hong Kong University Press, 1993)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-26) and index
List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; Ch. 1. Neighbourhood Administration in Traditional and Contemporary China; Ch. 2. Community Service Policy; Ch. 3. Organization and Structure of the Community-Based Welfare Network; Ch. 4. Beijing and Yuelong Jiedao -- Two Typical Street Offices; Ch. 5. Community Service Outputs; Ch. 6. Recipients of Community Welfare Services; Ch. 7. Neighbourhood Mobilization of Human Resources; Ch. 8. The Determinants of Welfare Service Delivery; Conclusion; Appendix One: The Urban Welfare Delivery System of the PRC.
This book describes the traditional Chinese neighbourhood structures at different historical periods and discovered that the neighourhood structures were tightly knitted more for the purpose of control than for welfare protection of the people