How Can Local Governments Improve the Welfare of the Weak under the Dual Constraints of Equity and Resources:Multi-Case Studies of Service-Oriented Social Assistance
As a basic institutional arrangement to help the weak,social assistance is faced with the dual constraints of equity and resource shortage in the process of implementation.How to maximize the welfare of the weak under the dual constraints is a problem that needs to be solved for the high-quality development of social assistance.Based on the concept of welfare maximization for the weak,and combining the principle of distributive justice and the theory of holistic governance,the study constructs an explanatory framework for local governments to improve the welfare of the weak under the dual constraints,and analyzes cases of service-oriented social assistance innovations in many places.The study finds that in the exploration of service-oriented social assistance,local governments have formed three development paths,including equity-prioritized path,efficiency-prioritized path,and synchronized improvement path,according to the different combinations of the roles of equity and efficiency.Hierarchical categorization and holistic smart governance are important mechanisms for local governments to improve the welfare of the weak under the dual constraints.In this process,inter-class and intra-class equity are ensured through stratification to meet the basic welfare needs and classification to achieve marginal utility convergence;limited government and limited goals are achieved through digital empowerment to reduce the transaction costs of both supply and demand,spheres mobilization to integrate diversified forces,and standard construction to regulate the public power and take into account the private demands.
social securitysocial assistancewelfare maximization for the weakdistributive justiceholistic smart governanceholistic governanceequity constraintsresource constraints
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