The establishment and implementation of the Urban Supplemental Minimum Security Income (USMSI) have marked a transition in the delivery of social welfare to the urban residents living in poverty from a moral justice s...The establishment and implementation of the Urban Supplemental Minimum Security Income (USMSI) have marked a transition in the delivery of social welfare to the urban residents living in poverty from a moral justice stand to systematization. In the process of implementation, USMSI has produced unintended multi-faceted effects due to the impact from the system’s context as well as its targeted recipients, and has shaped itself into a profit structure with multiple participating constituents. Thus, USMSI in its practice is gradually approaching to the point for reconstruction, which will signify another transition in the welfare delivery system.展开更多
文摘The establishment and implementation of the Urban Supplemental Minimum Security Income (USMSI) have marked a transition in the delivery of social welfare to the urban residents living in poverty from a moral justice stand to systematization. In the process of implementation, USMSI has produced unintended multi-faceted effects due to the impact from the system’s context as well as its targeted recipients, and has shaped itself into a profit structure with multiple participating constituents. Thus, USMSI in its practice is gradually approaching to the point for reconstruction, which will signify another transition in the welfare delivery system.