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The Welfare Cultural Analysis On The Social Security Institutions

Posted on:2011-03-06Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:J ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360308482777Subject:Social insurance and economic security
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From the view point of institutional economics, institutions reflects the perceptions beteween individual and the others of conmmunity, The recognition and enforcement of institutions completly depend on the clutural ideas which the society advocate. Therefore, the origins and development of any kind of Institutions disregarding pontaneous or designed deliberately, which can be thought that it relects cultural trajectory or cultural needs. The world has not being a "natural man", because the origin of the human nature has been accepted to be shaped by the culture.Although social security institutions operate and develop in accordance with own law, it can not be created isolately, and can not develop independtly, The practice of social security at all times and all over the world suggests that social security institutions of any country is bound to reflect the clutural ideas of majority of people, is affected by the cultural tradition of each country, and can not be isolated from its social and cultural enviroment at any time. Dispite of the compatibility of culture and institutions, culture is the important and fundamental factor for origins and development of social security institutions, the analysis of culture factor is still a neglected area of research on social security institutions, "culture:the missing variable in understanding social policy". Since 1990's, the important role of welfare culture in research on social security institutions draws more and more attention of the researchers with the "cultural turn".But how to know about welfare culture, what are the relationship between social security and welfare culture, which are the similarities and differences of Chinese and Western welfare culture etc, These quesitons have not completely been involved in current academic circles, it is the significant importance to answer these questions rationally without doubt. By using the angle of embedded welfare culture, this paper traces back to the history of social security institutions under Chinese and Western welfare culture, comparative analysis of the similarites and differences of welfare culture and social security institutions models in China and Western countries, analyzed initially the meaning of welfare culture of social security institutions.This paper comprises 8 chapters, which can be made up to four major parts, including the background of the study(chapter 1), theoretical base(chapter 2-chapter 3), comparative and historical on study's object(chapter 4-chapter 7), The last chaper(chapter 8) is the conclusion of the paper.Chaper 1-Introdution:methods and perspective of the study, expounds to the significance of this study, analyzes literature overview, summarizes the logical system and analysis frame, argues main contribution and related definitions, establishes the study methods and perspective utilized to develop the points.Chaper 2-Analytic reading to the welfare culture of social security institutions, discusses priority Connotation of cultrue, institutions, welfare, social security institutions, analyzes the connotation, structure and function of welfare culture. Puts forward to conlusion which the interaction between culture and Institutions constructs dynamic course of social and historical transition. The development of the social security institutions is always accompanied by the development of welfare culture. The relationship between welfare and social security institutions is the kind of inner and embedded relationship, this is the key points which we understand the origin and development of social security institutions.Chapter 3-Systemic elaboration about welfare culture of social security institutions, stucture partition for the welfare culture system of social security institutions detailedly, argues that welfare culture system of social security institutions is composed of four parts:poverty ideas culture, supporting(filial piety) culture, health concept culture and religious welfare concept, reviews the hsistorical transtition of the four welfare culture elements(sub-systems) systemly, analyzes the interaction between the four sub- systems respectively and social assistance system, old-age security system, medical security system, and constructs initially the system structure of welfare culture of social secureity Institutions.Chaper 4-Analysis of historical evolution of Chinese social security institutions under Chinese welfare culture, analyzes the welfare culture origin of Chinese social security institutions and historical transition of social security institutions under Chinese welfare culture. Argues that the origin of welfare culture come from the ethic ideas of "benevolence and love" in Confucianism, the conception of "reward for the good and retribution for the evil" in Taoism and the "merciful and altruistic" ideological culture in Buddhism. Then classify three stages of the historical transition of Chinese social security institutions on the basis of the welfare ideology and welfare supply of welfare culture. The three stages is: the "family-kidship" security institutions under traditional welfare culture; the "nation-unit" security institutions under "socialistic ideology" welfare culture and the "nation-civil society" security institutions under "development values" welfare culture.Chaper 5-Analysis of historical evolution of Western social security institutions under Western welfare culture, analyzes the welfare culture origin of Westerm social security institutions and historical transition of social security institutions under Western welfare culture. Argues that the origin of welfare culture come from the ideas of "fairness-justice"and "happiness-sharing joy" in Ancient Greece, the concepts of "contract-law" and "moral responsibility" in Ancient Rome, the relif of "fraternity-mutual aid" and "social equity" in Ancient Hebrew. Then classify three stages of the historical transition of Western social security institutions on the basis of the welfare ideology and welfare supply of welfare culture. The three stages is:the "religious-charities" security institutions under traditional welfare culture; the "nation-marketplace" security institutions under "humanitarian" welfare culture and the "nation-marketplace-civil society" security institutions under "pluralism" welfare culture.Chaper 6-Comparative research on the social security institutions under Chinese and Western welfare culture:macro-survey, analysis of the similarities and differences of Chinese and Western welfare culture. Argues that the Chinese and Western welfare culture have common characters of nation resembalnces; the historical interconmunity; the same accultural orientation. But being the differences of "family-oriented" and "society-oriented","ethics by inner-cultivation" and "law by outer-control","relationship trust" and "institutions trust", "authority and depending" and "democracy and freedom", which leads to the different road of the social security institutions in China and Western countries. Comparative research on the differences of Chinese and Western social security institutions models based on the comparing welfare culture, point out the main problems of models partion for social security institutions nowadays, put forward to the six new kinds models of the Chinese and Western social security institutions partition, presents the differences of the Chinese and Western social security institutions models.Chaper 7-Comparative research on the social security institutions under Chinese and Western welfare culture:micro-cases, On the basis of comparative analysis of social security models above, this chapter analyzes the root of welfare culture and social security institutions models in China, Japan (they belong to confucian welfare culure), USA, Sweden (they belong to Christianity welfare culure), then goes deep into the differences of their welfare culture and social security institutions models. The comparative conclusion lies in the enlightenment and reference, therefore put forward to three references of the reform and development of Chinese social security. By analysis of micro cases, we want to verify the importance of welfare culture in the origin and development of social security institutions.Chaper 8- conclusion and research prospect of the papers, As the results and Reflection on this study, this chapter summarizes the whole study, draws the conlusion, and haver a prospect for the future research. Relative proposals are put forward according to the conclusion fo this study. Reflection is also made on the whole study and future direction of efforts for welfare culture of social security institutions.The innovation of this paper includes the following contents:â… .This paper argues that welfare culture is the new angle of research on social security institutions. This article put forward that welfare culture theory is the new research method of social security research which is gradually developed in studying relative to instrumental Rationalty, this theory is the unique and innovative theory which have very strong explantion of research on socail security institutions. Welfare culture is the driving force of social security institutions, it has decided the origin and development of social security institutions, which has enriched with the development of the social security institutions. Therefore, the visual angle or theory of welfare culture ought to be kind of fundamental method and necessary "choice" of the social security institutions studies.â…¡. This paper constructs the new frame of the historical development of Chinese and Western social security institutions. Regarding to the current situation of research on social security institutions, which is studying out of joint for the ancient and modern times, part for China and Western countries. This paper reviews and analyzes the historical transition of the pre-modern and modern social security institutions in China and Western countries from four levels(family, marketplace, civil social organization and the nation), and is based on the thoery of interacion between institutions and culture. Therefore constructs the frame of historical development including country security institutions, civil social organization security institutions, marketplace security institutions, family security institutions.â…¢. This paper summarizes out the similarites and differences of Chinese and Western welfare culture. By large amount of material and data, This article is summing up the resembalnces and differences of Chinese and Western welfare culture. Its similarites shows three aspects:nation resembalnces; the historical interconmunity; the same accultural orientation of Chinese and Western welfare culture. Its differences show four aspects:Chinese "family-oriented" and western "society-oriented" welfare culture; Chinese "ethics by inner-cultivation" and western "law by outer-control" welfare culture; Chinese "relationship trust" and western "institutions trust" welfare culture; Chinese "authority and depending" and western "democracy and freedom" welfare culture.â…£. This paper puts forward new method of social security institutions model. Being lots of differences of Chinese and Western welfare culture, therefore it is bound to have different social security institutions of Chinese and western models. Based on the above cognition, this study points out new dimensions or new standard to evaluate social security institutions models, and constructs six basic models of Chinese and Western social security institutions models from the welfare ideology and welfare supply of welfare culture. They include liberalsit, democatic, catholic, confucian, conservative/coporative, socialist social security institutions models.â…¤.This paper abstracts the new view of comparison on the social security institutions under welfare culture. this paper runs through the comparative method. In the microscopic lvel, we abstracts the new view:avoid impact of "Eurocentrism", dig up the social security road of Chinese charactersitics; insist on the role of government-led, take the advantage of market system; promote the traditional "Filial Piety" welfare culture, stick to family securiy. In the microscopic level, new view:"Filial Piety" familism and family security in China; "Loyalism" communitariarism and firm security in Japan; "freedom" individualism and market security in Unisted States; "Collaborate" collectivism and state securiy in Sweden. And argues relavations:affirm the tradition of "Filial Piety" welfare culture, play active role of family security; attach imporance to "egalitarianism" traditional welfare culture, promote urban-rural overall planning security.
Keywords/Search Tags:welfare culture, social security institutions, compare, historical transition, analyze
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