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100			_aChen, B. Lulink, J. and Dong, Q. _934718
245			_aTo have versus to have not: A cross-city configurational analysis of social service contracting
260			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
300			_a52(4), May, 2022: p.317-332
520			_aThis study employs a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to explore how combinations of demand- and supply-side factors jointly shape the scale of government-nonprofit contracting in social services across 38 Chinese cities. Our analysis reveals a huge disparity by identifying two pathways to large-scale government contracting for “to-have” (well-resourced cities with low service needs but a well-developed nonprofit sector) versus the other two pathways to small-scale government contracting for “to-have-not” (poorly-resourced cities with an underdeveloped nonprofit sector struggling with meeting high service needs). The study contributes to the literature by highlighting how different demand- and supply-side factors can complement each other to form different combinations in shaping the scale of government contracting with new empirical evidence from an authoritarian context. The rise of government-nonprofit contracting in China is more supply-driven, reflecting the government's active role in cultivating the nonprofit sector development. The findings also raise an important policy issue of accessibility and equity in social service provision. – Reproduced
650			_aGovernment contracting government-non prime reactions, Qualitative comparative analysis. _933538
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
906			_aPUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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