The Role of Non-profit Organizations in Public Services Provision in Contemporary China: A Multi-case Study

摘要：

The rise of non-profit organizations (NPOs) is a significant phenomenon in China since 1978. NPOs play important roles in Chinese public services provision today. In the historical perspective, the role of Chinese NPOs in the provision of public services has become from absent to active, from supplementary to complementary. Based on a multi-case study, we could distinguish Chinese government-NPO relations in the procurement of public services into three models, i.e., the competitive procurement, the noncompetitive one and the fake one. The latter two models are prevalent in practice. The problems of motivation, trust, regulation and registration, limit the role of NPOs in public services provision. It suggests that Chinese government should put forward administrative reform, encourage NPOs and make room for them to engage in the delivery of public services, and Chinese NPOs should struggle to improve their capacity and credibility as soon as possible.

关键词： Public service Non-profit organization Collaborative governance Government reform

作者: WU Shuai

作者单位: China Academy of Personnel Science, Beijing, P.R. China, 100101

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2012 International Conference on Public Administration(8th)(2012年公共管理国际会议 ICPA)

会议地点: 印度海德拉巴

会议语种:英文

页码: 210-215

在线出版日期: 2012-10-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）