Policy Versus Politics: Implications of the Politicization of Social Workers in Hong Kong
In: The Asian journal of public administration, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 216-230
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In: The Asian journal of public administration, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 216-230
In: International journal of social welfare, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 273-282
ISSN: 1468-2397
In China, family care is the dominant form of care for people with mental disorders. Since 2004, the government has been developing a community‐care model that places more responsibility on community organisations and the local governments at the provincial, municipal and county levels for the provision of formal care. As a large number of people with severe mental disorders live in rural China, this case study was conducted in a rural county in order to examine the development of community care. It was found that, although family care remains dominant, families' need for formal care is increasing. Community services have improved, but their development is constrained by several contextual and micro factors. In this study, it is argued that the community‐care model introduces a process of reconfiguration of the relative responsibility for care among the family, social organisations and the government, but progress depends on further administrative and fiscal reforms.
In: Journal of Chinese governance, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 376-396
ISSN: 2381-2354
In: Social work education, Band 36, Heft 7, S. 823-836
ISSN: 1470-1227
published_or_final_version ; Public Administration ; Master ; Master of Social Sciences
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In: Habitat international: a journal for the study of human settlements, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 478-484
In: Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 3-4
ISSN: 2165-0993
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