Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2024, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 95-104.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2024.06.011

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How Can Subject Function Embedding Improve the Effect of Government Procurement of Community Services from Social Organizations? Based on the Configuration Analysis of 22 Cases

ZHOU Qian, ZHANG Ping, ZHANG Lei   

  1. (School of Humanities & Law, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China)
  • Published:2024-12-06
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Abstract: Based on the embedding theory, an analysis model is constructed from the four dimensions of institutional embedding, relationship embedding, cognitive embedding and resource embedding, and the effects of government procurement of community services from social organizations in the 22 pilot cases of S City are analyzed with the fsQCA method. The results show that the embedding of a single subject function does not constitute the necessary conditions for the good effect of government procurement of community services from social organizations. There are four paths that constitute the good effect of government procurement of community services from social organizations: resident cultivation type, government and social organization leading type, multi-subject linkage type, and community and social organization collaboration type. Among them, the two variables of the cooperation intensity between government and social organizations and the management level of resident service demand in the relationship embedding dimension constitute the core conditions. Multi-subject functional linkage is essential for the effect of government procurement of community services. In the future, it is necessary to focus on precise policy implementation from the perspectives of community service relationship network, government procurement of services system and organization construction, social organization cultivation and development, and multi-subject consensus on serving the people, so as to form an overall joint force to optimize the effect of government procurement of community services from social organizations.

Key words: government procurement of services; social organization; community governance; qualitative comparative analysis

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