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Absent Role of the State: Analysis of Social Support to Older People with Disabilities in Rural China
Author(s) -
Fisher Karen R.,
Shang Xiaoyuan,
Li Zhengang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00799.x
Subject(s) - china , social security , population ageing , economic growth , rural area , social support , older people , state (computer science) , welfare state , social welfare , population , psychology , gerontology , political science , sociology , medicine , economics , social psychology , demography , politics , algorithm , computer science , law
China is experiencing rapid population ageing and already has 44 million older people with disabilities aged over 59 years. Yet social support of these older people with disabilities is undeveloped and not well researched. This article contributes by using a disability rights framework (right to life and protection, economic security and social support) to analyze local cases in rural China. It finds that, although the family is still the main provider of economic and care support to rural older people with disabilities, the absence of a state role in welfare provision has negative impacts on the well‐being of older and younger generations in rural families.