Page ABSTRACT ABBREVIATIONS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF APPENDICES CHAP1'ER ONE INIRODUCTION 1.1 Background Information 1.2 Definition of Unemployment 1.3 Overview of Relevant Research on the Research Topic 1.4 Structure of the Book CHAPTER TWO CHINA: BEFORE AND AFfER IHE REFORM 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Cluna:before the Reform 2.2.1 Ihe danwei System 2.2.2 The State and the State's Relationship with Other Parts of the Soaety 2.3 China: after the Reform 2.3.1 Economic Reform and Economic Growth 2.3.2 Political Reform 2.3.2.1 Deng Xiao Ping's Thought 2.3.2.2 Recovery of the Legjslature and Law-making 2.3.2.3 Abolition of the Permanent Tenure of Political Leaders 2.3.2.4 Construaion of the Civil Servant System 2.3.2.5 Govemment Agency Reform 2.3.2.6 Ihe Separation of the Govemment and the Party 2.3.3The State and Other Soaal Organisations 2.3.4 Private Enterprises 2.3.5 Soaal Problems 2.3.5.1 Corruption 2.3.5.2 Moral Decline 2.3.5.3 Income Polarisation and Social Stratification 2.3.5.4 The Mafia 2.4 Conclusion CHAPTER THREE THE EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM IN CHINA:PRE AND POST REFORM 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Historical Review of the Employment System before 1979 3.3 The Reform of Chinese Employment System Since 1979 3.3.1 Reform in the 1980s …… CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE REFERENCE