Citizens’ Participation in Public Service Delivery in Urban China (abstract only)  

Oleh:

Tang, Ning ; Cheng, Tyrone

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: The International Symposium on Social Sciences (TISSS) and Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society (HKICEPS) at Hongkong, December 2013, page 550.
Topik: Citizens; Urban; China
Fulltext: Hong Kong-Conference 89.pdf (286.46KB)

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Voluntary activities have always been playing an indispensable part in the history of social service delivery in urban China. The mobilization of volunteers in the community-based welfare delivery network in the People’s Republic of China is an essential component of welfare delivery. As urban communities in China has been experiencing dramatic changes since the economic reform of 1978, such as the shrinking family composition, the rapid aging of the population, an increasing number of immigrants and the weakening traditional values of community self-help and mutual help. Along with these community changes, mutual involvement and residents’ participation in community affairs have found being reduced. In 2000 the central government of People’s Republic of China initiated community construction movement which intends to promote community democratic and residents’ participation in social service. Since then, citizens have been encouraged to participate in community affairs especially in the community-based social service delivery. Therefore, it is necessary to understand various causes and settings that stimulate civic participation. This secondary data analysis study employed Sampson’s multilevel system model to investigate how individual- (micro) and neighborhood-level (macro) characteristics are related to citizens’ participation in public service delivery activities. The data bases are derived from the 2005 panel of Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) conducted by People’s University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Two sets of hypotheses are examined in this study: 1) citizens’ participation in public service delivery is associated with individual-level patterns of their demographics (gender, age, race, marriage, education, income, party membership, employment) and their social capital (interpersonal trust, social support); and 2) citizen’s participation in public service delivery is associated with neighborhood-level patterns of neighborhood stability (types of neighborhood, floating population) and neighborhood social capital (trust among neighbors, frequency of neighbors’ interactions, mutual help among neighbors). A total of 5534 respondents (aged 18-94) are in the sample of the present study. Regression analysis is conducted in two stages to examine the two hypotheses. The results indicate that both individual-level and neighborhood-level characteristics have statistically significant impact on urban citizens’ participation in public service delivery. More specifically, urban residents who are younger and PPC party member, have higher income and higher family social-economic status, have a full-time job or are retired, work for governmental enterprises, reside in work-unit communities, know their neighbors less but conduct more mutual help with their neighbors, are more likely to participate in public service delivery. This paper discusses implications for the future promotion of civic participation in community-based public service delivery in urban China. The results can be useful for community workers, especially community social workers, to develop and strengthen both individual social capital and neighborhood social capital to stimulate civic participation.

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