From elite capture to marginalization of the poorest: a new social exclusion in anti-poverty programmes in China |
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| Authors: | Tian Tian Stijn Speelman Ting Zuo |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Humanities and Development, Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China;2. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;3. Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Based on a case study of state-directed aid resources in anti-poverty programmes, we detected a new phenomenon of social exclusion in China. In a period of several years, a shift is observed from elite capture to marginalization of the poorest. This phenomenon occurs under the administrative pressure from the authoritarian state and the morbid democratic mechanism. Contemporary structural changes in economic and social culture also make it difficult for marginal people to escape from this predicament. From a social structural transformation point of view, we suggest that the marginalization of the poorest should be seriously taken into consideration in rural development programmes and policies. |
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| Keywords: | Social exclusion elite capture marginalization the poorest anti-poverty programmes China |
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