Study On The Socialized Transformation Of The China Social Welfare Undertaking In The Cities And Towns

This thesis studies on the socialized transformation of the China social welfareundertaking in the cities and towns. The study covers three parts, the transformationbasis, policy analysis and empirical studies, of which the first to the third chaptersrespond to the theoretical and practical basis of the social transformation, the fourth tothe sixth chapters respond to the path and roles in the transformation, the seventh is theempirical research for the transformation, the last chapter is the conclusion of the thesis.The main contents are as follows:The social welfare theories and practice in western countries give us useful insightsfor our reform of social welfare cause. Welfare pluralism, Corporatism and PublicChoice Theory constitutes the theoretical basis of this study.Through the analysis of the development stage of the China Social welfareundertaking in the cities and towns, we can find that the traditional social welfare incities and towns affected by the planned economy,and the main characteristics weregovernment-operated, single, closed and the low relief. With the market-orientedreforms, the development trends of welfare needs among the domestic residents arevarious and at a high-level. New social issues are emerging, and more vulnerable groupsneed the welfare from the governments and the society. Because of lacking the qualityand quantity, the traditional model is difficult to meet the real needs; the new era ofsocial transformation is necessary.Socialized transformation should highlight double meanings of the "socialization"and "transformation", the former is the way, and the latter is the goal. The content of thesocialized transformation involve the subjects, objects, mechanisms, and the effects ofthe social welfare cause, the sources of fund and the channels of paying for services.The harmonious relationship among the subjects in macro-and micro-level provides theprotection for the transformation. Eventually, an open and diversified welfare supplypattern will be formed on the basic of the full socialized transformation.The key subjects are the governments and nonprofit organizations in the socializedtransformation. As the new logo of the social transformation, Government purchasingservice is the bridge that connects the government and nonprofit organizations. In the executive branch, the governments should play a leading role, as well as in the State-runinstitutions which are expected to play an exemplary role and in the area of nonprofitorganizations which are expected to play a main role, the function of the governments isto support and supervise them. The government transformation mainly reflects in themanagement of the subjects and the objects. There are three ways for the nonprofitorganizations which rely on the major of social work to participate in the socializedtransformation: purchasing jobs, purchasing items, and establishing social serviceagencies. The latter two ways have a greater vitality. The problems of the nonprofitorganizations in the participation of the social welfare undertaking are that the highdependence on the governments, the differences in ideas, and the resource-constraineddilemma. The governments and nonprofit organizations should cooperate to create anew partnership on an equal footing. The case study provides three examples for theinteraction relationship of the governments and nonprofit organizations in the socializedtransformation.Main conclusions of this study are as follows: the socialized transformation of theChina social welfare undertaking need to absorb nutrients from the theories and thepractices of the western counties; the transformation of the social welfare need to form amultiple complementary pattern in which the major roles are the government andnonprofit organizations, and the market play a supporting role. Building an equalitypartnership between the governments and nonprofit organizations is the rational choiceto achieve the transformation goals. The direction for the future development of socialwelfare transformation in Chinese cities and towns is that diversified supply of welfare,community care model will be extended; The State-run institutions will have moreinitiative to complete the transition, as well as nonprofit organizations in terms ofquantity and quality will be on the rise. The study has its own shortcoming; thetheoretical basis, the domestic policy analysis, and the case investigation need tocontinue digging in depth.