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Resident evaluation and expectation of social services in Guangzhou
Bewertung von Seiten der Bürger und Erwartungen im Hinblick auf soziale Dienste in Guangzhou
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Abstract "China's welfare system is a typical 'residual welfare regime', which did not manifest too many flaws in the planned economy era. However, economic reform and market-oriented transformations in recent decades have shaken the original well-balanced 'residual' and 'needs' pattern. The decline of the '... view more
"China's welfare system is a typical 'residual welfare regime', which did not manifest too many flaws in the planned economy era. However, economic reform and market-oriented transformations in recent decades have shaken the original well-balanced 'residual' and 'needs' pattern. The decline of the 'work unit system' has led to two consequences: First, it radically transformed the social and economic structures, which gave rise to increased and diversified needs of social welfare. Second, the government is being pressed to shoulder more responsibility for social welfare provisions. This article adopts a case study approach to examine changing social welfare needs and expectations in Guangzhou, a relatively developed city in southern China. With particular focus on the major strategies adopted by the Guangzhou government in addressing people's welfare needs, this article critically examines how far the new measures have met the changing welfare expectations of citizens in mainland China." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Asia; expectation; welfare economics; Far East; transformation; social policy; economic reform; evaluation; welfare state; regional integration; welfare; market economy; strategy; regional development; China; developing country
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Economic Policy
Method
applied research; descriptive study; empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 7-28
Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 42 (2013) 3
Issue topic
Local autonomy and welfare policy in greater China
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works