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Implementing targeted poverty alleviation

A Policy Implementation Typology

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ID6153274
AuthorsYutong Si (0000-0002-4937-1721, Northeastern University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume5
Issue4
Pages439-454
Publication date2020-08-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Chinese Governance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2381-2354 • E-ISSN: 2381-2346
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23812346.2020.1802212
OpenAlexW3047329624
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited18

Existing research on the targeted poverty alleviation program in China struggles to explain the dynamics of policy implementation. This article incorporates individual-level factors such as street-level bureaucrats' discretion and behaviors with institutional elements, thus combining structure-centered and actor-centered approaches. The data utilized is from 19 semi-structured interviews with township officials, local village cadres, and villagers located in an eastern province in China. By identifying and coding the policy perspectives of 'street-level bureaucrats' (i.e. village cadres in this case) through a two by two factorial table (combinations of the identifiability and the participation willingness of the target population), this study conceptualizes the policy output of 'behaviors of implementers' to categorize the policy implementation outcomes of the program. The four policy implementation patterns identified are supportive policy implementation, passive policy implementation, unsustainable policy implementation, and performative policy implementation. By isolating these four policy implementation patterns, this research provides insights on local governance and policy implementation in contemporary rural China

China · Discretion · Economic growth · Economics · Policy analysis · Political science · Population · Poverty · Public economics · Sociology · Typology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Public Administration · Social Capital and Networks · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year2,17
Citation span2020 - 2026 (7)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13

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