城镇居民最低生活保障:由消极救济向积极扶助的转换——对我国城镇居民最低生活保障制度功能和目的的再认识

The Lowest Life Guarantee of City Residents:the Change from Negative Relieving to Positive Supporting ——New Recognition to the Functions and Objectives of the System of Lowest Life Guarantee of City Residents

作为我国社会保障远景体系主体的“城镇居民最低生活保障制度” ,其完整的功能不应当仅仅局限于保持社会稳定、保障市场经济的正常运行、保证劳动力的再生产和进行经济调节上 ,而应当包括它是将失业者重新纳入社会发展轨道的助动力的功能 ;其最终目的应当是帮助失业者重新实现再就业。在这一分析的基础上 ,提出了我国“城镇居民最低生活保障制度”实现由消极救济向积极扶助的转换应当采取的主要对策措施。

On the basis of analysing the functions and objectives of the “system of the lowest life guarantee of city residents” as the main body of the long-term social guarantee system in China,this paper sets forth the major countermeasures that must be taken to realize the change from negative relieving to positive supporting in the “the lowest life guarantee system of city residents” in China