Qu, Yuanyuan, Enjuto martinez, Regina 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5472-0287 and Howell, Jude
(2023)
Meeting marginal demands in new welfare governance? China’s contracting of welfare services in the sectors of disability and HIV/AIDS.
Social Policy and Society.
ISSN 1474-7464
Abstract
Since 2013, China has rolled out a policy to contract welfare services to non-governmental forces. This has stimulated a growing body of research on the change of China’s welfare governance. This article focuses on a topic that needs to be added, which is the variation of contracting across different service sectors and the operation of the policy in meeting the needs of marginal people. Based on policy analyses and in-depth interviews, we examine services contracting in the sectors of disability and Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). We found a lack of services provision for the marginal groups in the general contracting of public service. Between the two sectors, we found variations in their definition of welfare services, institutional settings, and specific contracting practices. We argue that while contracting is often seen as a new welfare governance mechanism, it fails to revitalise social services and reproduces welfare inequalities across different groups in China.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-pol... |
| Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | International Development |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2024 11:09 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2024 19:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/121280 |
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