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A Study on the Social Assistance Role of Village Secretary: A Case Study of Cijin District of Kaohsiung City

With the transformation of economic development and change of social structure, Taiwan is now facing the problem of M-social trend, the gap between the rich and poor. Disadvantaged minorities hence rely on social welfare polity to maintain basic needs for daily life.
Village secretary¡¦s duty includes various tasks. The study, from the perspective of social assistance, explores the role function of village secretary on social assistance. Village secretary¡¦s role as social assistance has received much attention for that they should not only passively serve public, but also proactively uncover assist-required cases.
In this study, Cijin District of Kaohsiung City is taken as subject for exploration. Cijin District has specific geography and environmental condition, such as inconvenient traffic and residents¡¦ living rely on ocean. It is also the district with the lowest income and highest rate of foreign spouse in Kaohsiung, hence require more social welfare then any other districts.
The purpose of the study is to investigate the administrative behavior that promote social assistance from policy and implement perspectives. Issues such as factors that affect village secretary¡¦s qualification examination procedures and discovery of social assistance examination systems are also discussed as reference for further policy implementation.
The research method of the study includes system research, literature review and focus group. At the end, it is suggested that secretary function to be strengthened and concrete solution to be proposed as the reference for government to examine social assistance welfare policy, so that disadvantage minorities¡¦ actual need could be fulfilled.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0729108-172636
Date29 July 2008
CreatorsChiang, Shin-Wen
ContributorsYu-Chen Lan, Wen-Chun Chen, Yi-Ren Dzeng
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageCholon
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0729108-172636
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