Moral Resources, Political Capital and the Development of Social Work in China: A Case Study of City J in Shandong Province

Building Trust Across Borders? Exploring the Trust-Building Process Between the Nonprofit Organizations and the Government in China

“…Particularly in countries where laws and regulations are relatively weak, gaining political capital would increase governments' trust in NPOs other than social service organizations (Xu, 2013(Xu, , 2016. In recent years, NPOs began to use social media (e.g., WeChat, QQ, Twitter, etc.)…”

“…There are two types of moral resources: (1) self-chosen moral resources-I, which are rooted in Immanuel Kant's (1998) argument of "What ought I to do? ;" and (2) societally recognized moral resources-II, which follow Adorno's (2000) argument that moral or immoral tropes are socially determined (Xu and Ngai, 2011;Xu, 2013).…”

“…The moral resources and political capital perspective provides valuable information for grassroots NPOs on how to build trust with the government in China (Xu and Ngai, 2011 ; Xu, 2013 ). And previous studies have indicated that the NPOs that are involved in social service delivery are repositories of moral resources and therefore likely to advance trust (Xu, 2013 ). Moral resources refer to the available moral choices that could be made by any organization.…”

“…Due to the centralized political tradition, political capital is very important for NPOs in gaining trust from the government (Xu, 2013 ). Political capital means the capital that will improve or enhance the organizations' status, assets or access in the existing political system.…”

A critical review of Chinese and international social work: Walking a tightrope between local and global standards

“…Individual and community initiatives were a primary focus of China's bureaucratic state welfare strategy (Chan and Lei, 2017), which Xu and Chow (2011) believed social workers could make more efficient, less bureaucratic and increasingly community focused. Xu (2012) argued that social work derived its legitimacy from its fulfilment of socially accepted values, such as caring and volunteerism, and the Chinese government was more concerned with social work's role in promoting social harmony than in endorsing international social work values relating to rights-based democratic participation. Hence, Leung et al (2012) argued that the psychological and interpersonal focus of social work fit with the problematic of government that saw personal failings as a threat to social harmony.…”