The Recent Social Policy Expansion and Its Implications for Inter‐governmental Financial Relations in China (中国近期的社会政策扩张及其对政府间财政关系的影响)

Ngok, Kinglun

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“…In particular, the asymmetric assignment of revenue and responsibilities creates tensions between unfunded central directives and stretched local budgets (Qian and Mok, 2016; Chan and Shi, 2022). Thus, when carrying out unfunded central mandates, local governments often strategically compromise the intentions of their superiors (Ngok, 2013; Guess and Ma, 2015; Qian and Mok, 2016).…”

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“…Others have focused on the relative influence of central and local institutions (Nickum, 2010; Ahlers and Schubert, 2015; Zhang and Rasiah, 2016), which fail to explain divergent, inconsistent, or contradictory local responses to central directives within a unitary system. Moreover, they impede efforts to overcome institutional constraints to achieve equity and universalism (Lin, 2001; Saich, 2011; Ngok, 2013), a point highly valued by LTC. Furthermore, the role and influence of socially constructed realities, for example, policy problems and political interests, has received relatively little attention or recognition.…”

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Political dynamics behind different policy options: Long-term care insurance policymaking in Beijing and Shanghai from the perspective of local policymakers

Chen

2024

J. int. comp. soc. policy

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Facing ageing challenges, long-term care (LTC) has become a focus of policymaking and policy analysis in China. However, the burgeoning literature obscures a lack of understanding of LTC policymaking, implying a linear and neutral process. This depoliticisation is unrealistic and contributes little to understanding the diversity of LTC policies and improving inclusive LTC provision. Focusing on the core institutional arrangement, LTC insurance (LTCI), this article explores a highly politicised policymaking process and reveals complex political deliberations behind different LTCI choices across regions. Underpinned by the multiple streams approach, which supports a systematic comparison of the policy process, this article identifies four key factors from a relational perspective that influence LTCI policymaking, including the tension between evidence and politics in the construction of LTC issues, the tension between policy effectiveness and stability in the assessment of policy options, strong or weak political will, and the presence or absence of municipal government.

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Political dynamics behind different policy options: Long-term care insurance policymaking in Beijing and Shanghai from the perspective of local policymakers

Chen

2024

J. int. comp. soc. policy

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Government Purchase of Services in China: Similar Intentions, Different Policy Designs

Wen¹

2017

Public Admin & Development

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China has adopted purchase of services to facilitate the development of the societal sector, including social organisations, the social work profession and social services. Project-based and post-based purchases are two typical policy designs. Why do the local states develop two different designs to serve similar intentions? The answers to this question contribute to the broader discussion of policymaking and social development in China. Using the intention-capacity analytic framework, this study systemically compares Guangzhou's project-based model and Shenzhen's post-based model by drawing upon an extensive review of policy and archive documents, key informant interviews and field observations. The comparative study suggests that a pro-market ideology and incomplete analytical capacity in policy learning directed the design thinking towards market mechanism and purchase of services. Without the organisational conditions of social organisation and social work in Guangzhou, rapid growth in the social work workforce became the top priority in Shenzhen. Meanwhile, the trustworthiness of newly developing social organisations is another concern. All of these concerns underpinned the post-based design. Both models, with substantial fiscal support, succeed in expanding the societal sectors. But the mix of market and hierarchy tools, for the post-based model in particular, is an obstacle in further enabling social organisation and the social work profession.

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Local Policy Discretion in Social Welfare: Explaining Subnational Variations in China's De Facto Urban Poverty Line

Guo

Wang

2021

The China Quarterly

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How do subnational agents exercise policy discretion in the social welfare sphere? To what extent do they do so as a result of various bureaucratic and fiscal incentives? The literature has documented several explanatory frameworks in the context of China that predominantly focus on the realm of developmental policies. Owing to the salient characteristics of the social policy arena, local adaptation of centrally designed policies may operate on distinctive logics. This study synthesizes the recent scholarship on subnational social policymaking and explains the significant interregional disparities in China's de facto urban poverty line – the eligibility standard of the urban minimum livelihood guarantee scheme, or dibao. Five research hypotheses are formulated for empirical examination: fiscal power effect, population effect, fiscal dependency effect, province effect and neighbour effect. Quantitative analysis of provincial-level panel data largely endorses the hypotheses. The remarkable subnational variations in dibao standards are explained by a salient constellation of fiscal and political factors that are embedded within the country's complex intergovernmental relations and fiscal arrangements. Both a race-to-the-top and a race-to-the-bottom may be fostered by distinctive mechanisms. The unique role of provincial governments as intermediary agents within China's political apparatus is illuminated in the social policy arena.

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The Recent Social Policy Expansion and Its Implications for Inter‐governmental Financial Relations in China (中国近期的社会政策扩张及其对政府间财政关系的影响)

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Political dynamics behind different policy options: Long-term care insurance policymaking in Beijing and Shanghai from the perspective of local policymakers

Political dynamics behind different policy options: Long-term care insurance policymaking in Beijing and Shanghai from the perspective of local policymakers

Government Purchase of Services in China: Similar Intentions, Different Policy Designs

Local Policy Discretion in Social Welfare: Explaining Subnational Variations in China's De Facto Urban Poverty Line

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