The Non-governmental Organization Of Housing And Reforming Vagrants

The You Min Xi Qin Suo(A compulsary work factory for the vagrants)is a non-governmental organization launched by the Shanghai local gentry in the period of the Republic of China. Its aim is to house and reform the homeless and beggars, and it is Shanghai's largest, the most formal folk organization, and integrates the functions of factories, schools and prisons. The aim of the local gentry is to restructure social order by means of charity. Through helping the homeless, they can make them skilled and stand on their own in the society. In the decade of its normal operation, the You Min Xi Qin Suo played a full role in support of the Government, accommodated and educated a large number of homeless. To a certain extent, it had functioned as an implementation of social assistance on behalf of the Government, and also had an important impact on the decision-making of the government. Basing on the case, this essay showed the joint force in rescuing vulnerable social groups which formed by the government, non-governmental organizations and the social forces through analyzing the social factors of its set up, the institutional framework and the Discipline and management practices to the homeless in the process of its operation, and showed the relations between the country and the society in the Period of Republic of China. By combing the social relations inside and outside of You Min Xi Qin Suo, the article discussed the publicity in Shanghai, and analyzed the motives of China's charities behind citizen publicity on the basis of the original ecosystem social outlook at that time. In the period of the Republic of China, the You Min Xi Qin Suo gradually strengthens its power upon cities. By reviewing the operational mechanism of You Min Xi Qin Suo, the author attempts to show the impact of Government's tension on the civil organizations, the effect of the operation of non-governmental organizations on the decision-making of Government, the interaction between civil organizations and the Government in the process of management and discipline to the Homeless and beggars. And at last the author tries to explore the relationship between state and society in the Period of Republic of China from micro-level.