Journal article
Village governance, social cohesion and contentment with social assistance in Northern China
- Abstract:
- The Chinese government’s legitimacy rests on ensuring the contentment of its people and avoiding social instability. In achieving these goals, the government has been massively aided by rising living standards and perhaps by reduced poverty. However, little is known about the contribution of poverty alleviation to political contentment. Therefore, ethnographic research was conducted in eight villages to explore attitudes to social assistance (dibao), a key component in poverty alleviation. Village cadres prioritized social cohesion over poverty relief in administering dibao. Nevertheless, cohesion varied markedly between villages, interacting with styles of village governance, to influence villagers’ (dis-)satisfaction with dibao.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1080/17516234.2021.1965726
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- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Journal:
- Journal of Asian Public Policy More from this journal
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 254-270
- Publication date:
- 2021-08-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-08-05
- DOI:
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1751-6242
- ISSN:
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1751-6234
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1189731
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pubs:1189731
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2021-08-06
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- Copyright holder:
- Informa UK Limited
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Routledge at: https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2021.1965726
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