Meeting Marginal Demands in New Welfare Governance? China’s Contracting of Welfare Services in the Sectors of Disability and HIV/Aids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8018039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuanyuan Qu (0000-0003-2795-2207, Minzu University of China), Regina Enjuto Martinez (0000-0002-5472-0287, King's College London), J Howell (0000-0003-0643-2464, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 554-567 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1474746423000465 |
| OpenAlex | W4390009810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
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
Business · China · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Inequality · Market economy · Political science · Public economics · Service (business · Social Welfare · Welfare · Finance · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Virology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |