Journal article
Targeting social assistance: Dibao and institutional alienation in rural China
- Abstract:
- China’s Dibao (Minimal Living Security System) is the world’s biggest cash social assistance system serving 52 million people. However, Dibao is less effective at alleviating poverty in rural areas than should it be. The analytic concepts of targeting and institutional alienation (the mismatch between stated goals and true functioning) are applied in a village case-study to understand why. It appears that Dibao reaches some people considered self-evidently to be needy but funds are diverted for purposes of rural governance and social control (reward, punishment and deterrence) and personal gain. Though culturally framed, the concepts and findings potentially have relevance to the global South and North.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1111/spol.12261
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- Wiley
- Journal:
- Social Policy and Administration More from this journal
- Volume:
- 52
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 771-789
- Publication date:
- 2016-10-17
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-06-07
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1467-9515
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- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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- © 2016 John Wiley and Sons Ltd. This is the author accepted manuscript following peer review version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: 10.1111/spol.12261
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