街头官僚理论视野下的低保政策实施研究:以广州某街道为例

On the Implementation of the Minimum Living Standard Scheme:A Perspective of the Street-level Bureaucray Theory:A Case Study in Guangzhou

本文基于对广州市城市最低生活保障制度的实地调研,运用街头官僚理论进行分析,从微观角度探讨了街道办和居委会这些街头官僚所拥有的自由裁量权及其对低保政策实施效果的影响。着重分析了街头官僚(即街道办、居委会工作人员)在低保政策实施过程中所扮演的角色,以及他们所拥有的自由裁量权如何影响、在多大程度上影响了低保政策的实施效果。最后针对这种现状,提出如何使街头官僚规范、合理地使用自由裁量权,促进最低生活保障制度政策目标达成的政策建议。

Making reference to the street-level bureaucracy theory,this paper provides a micro perspective to examine the implementation of the Minimum Living Standard Scheme(the MLSS)in Guangzhou.Focusing on the role of the staff of the street committees and residents’committees,the grass-roots governing organizations in China,it tries to analyze the impacts of these Chinese street-level bureaucrats on the wellbeing of the recipients of the MLSS.It argues that these street-level bureaucrats have exercised relatively big discretion in deciding the eligibility,benefits level,and the terms of benefits.In view of this,some policy suggestions have been put forth to regulate the use of discretion by these street-level bureaucrats.