Government profiles as perceived by governments’ NPO partners in Chinese social service delivery

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
YANWEI LI ◽  
XIANLIN NI ◽  
HAN WEI
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
The Government

Abstract Social services in China nowadays are increasingly coproduced by both government and non-profit organizations (NPOs). However, we still know little about how NPOs perceive their government partners in social service delivery. Using a Q methodology, this study remedies this gap and identifies three profiles – namely, government as a distant facilitator, government as a hands-off collaborator, and government as a prudent principal. Also, it has been found that two conditions – namely, NPOs’ development stage and funding resources – influence their perceptions on government in social service delivery. These three profiles provide new insights into NPOs’ perceptions of their government partners in social service delivery, and they add new building blocks to existing literature, specifically on the government–NPO relationship in China.

scholarly journals Democratic Governance and Social Service Delivery in Africa: the case of Taraba State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (28) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Jonah I. Onuoha ◽  
Rimamchaten A. Lawi ◽  
Paul A. Onuh ◽  
Ifeanyi J. Onuoha
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Postcolonial leadership is implicated in the distorted development and crisis of governance in Nigeria. The political leadership emerged from authoritarian traditions of the colonial state and pursued self-interests against collective societal interests; the mode of the emergence of the leaders as well as the context in which they operate usually impact on the nature and trend of social welfare provisioning. Relying on data from secondary sources, this study examined the impact of democratic governance on social service delivery with Taraba State and education as a case study. The data analysis was based on qualitative descriptive analysis. We found that the education sector under the two administrations between 1999 and 2014, was not prioritized in budgetary allocation, in contravention of UNESCO recommendation that 26% of the budget be dedicated to education. The study recommends, among others, that the government must show commitment to education as a matter of deliberate policy to allocate the required minimum percentage pecked by UNESCO to enhance educational development in Taraba state.

scholarly journals System and Types of Social Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (91) ◽  
pp. 49-53
Author(s):  
Zh. V. Sinkevich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Service System ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Social ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Social Service System ◽  
Legal Entities

It has been established that, for many years, special legal entities of state and municipal forms of ownership were created as characteristic of the social protection of citizens. In the modern period of development of organizations, the designated relations are associated with the transfer of state functions to legal entities, regardless of their form of ownership and to individuals. This tendency manifests itself in the creation of a system within which small and medium-sized businesses are also involved in the provision of social services. The article presents an analysis of social services from the standpoint of the systemic construction of relations. It is proposed to understand the social service system as the elements resulting in the provision of social services, these relations are regulated by public and private norms. It is concluded that such services are provided by a special subject composition of organizations and individual entrepreneurs, as well as by state-authorized bodies that coordinate these relations, decide to classify citizens as needy. A comparative analysis of the legislative concept “social service system” and its differences from the “system of social services” is offered. Through the analysis of the convergence of private and public principles, the tendency of convergence of the norms of social security and civil law is revealed. It is proposed to consider the types of social services through the features of social services as a special type of service. A comparison of social service legislation and provisions on social entrepreneurship is given. Identifying trends in the development of law, the author concluded that the legislator, by transferring part of the authority to provide social services to subjects of social entrepreneurship, determines the area of responsibility of each subject of relations, develops a mechanism for providing services through a competitive basis of providers of social services. Social services can be provided by any entity, including non-profit organizations. Social services can be provided by any entity, including non-profit organizations.

scholarly journals Reconstructing the Present through the Past: Remedying Social Services Delivery Failure among the Yorubas of Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Adeleke Adegbami ◽  
Oluwasesan Nofiu
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
British Occupation ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Effective Delivery ◽  
Administrative Structures

The pre-colonial Yoruba nation had well organised political and administrative structures which were truncated by the 19thc British occupation of the territory. By 1960, Nigeriagot her independence with full expectations that the new government will usher in developments especially in the area of social service delivery and contrary to the expectations, the hopes were dashed. The paper examines the collective action approach which the Yoruba nation adopted to tackle the problems of social services delivery failure. The paper concludes that for efficient and effective delivery of services, it is necessary to establish an effective mutual link between the leaders and the led.

scholarly journals Inter-District Inequalities in Social Service Delivery: A Rationalised Approach towards Funds Disbursement

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4II) ◽  
pp. 881-899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman Sikander ◽  
Syed Ahsan Ahmad Shah
Keyword(s):  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Adult Literacy ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Living Condition ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Social Service Delivery

For a less developed country, Pakistan has experienced a relatively high average per capita growth rate of 2.2 percent, for the period 1950-99 [Easterly (2003)]. Unfortunately, high growth rates have not trickled down sufficiently and the living condition of the general populace leaves a lot to be desired. The UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI) report released in 2010, ranked Pakistan at 144th on the HDI, out of 178 countries [Wasif (2010)]. The HDI conceptualises poverty to be a multi-dimensional construct and considers adult literacy and life expectancy to be key indicators of the quality of life. Given, that Pakistan has experienced high growth rates but ranks so poorly on the HDI, clearly indicates that despite economic growth, the country faces serious challenges in social service delivery. The coverage of social services is limited and varies across different regions of the country. Easterly (2003) points out that in terms of adult literacy there is a huge variation across provinces and female literacy is only 3 percent in rural Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa whereas it is 41 percent in urban Sindh. Zaidi (2005) shows that the situation is not much different in case of health outcomes. The study shows that across the country, nearly half of pregnant women suffer from anaemia and 35 percent of children under age five are malnourished. Moreover, the numbers for infant mortality vary across provinces considerably with urban Punjab having an infant mortality of 70.6 per 1,000 live births compared to the 120.6 of urban Balochistan.1

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