Research On Welfare Stigma And Coping Strategies In Urban Minimum Livelihood Guarantee Program From The Perspective Of Social Construction

This year,with the joint efforts of the whole party and the people of all nationalities,China has won a comprehensive victory in the battle against poverty and accomplished the daunting task of eradicating absolute poverty,but this also means the starting point of a new task.With the continuous changes in policy,social and economic conditions in recent years,the problems of urban minimum security assistance work have become more and more complex,many of which have appeared that eligible low-income insurance recipients are unwilling to apply for minimum insurance,or voluntarily give up after applying,and China’s urban poverty relief work has been questioned to produce "welfare stigma" problems.The existence of welfare stigma leads to negative emotions and behaviors of beneficiaries,welfare resources cannot be accurately targeted,and welfare effects cannot be maximized,which hinders the stimulation of endogenous development momentum of low-income families and is not conducive to improving their ability to achieve sustainable development in poverty alleviation.In order to improve the subjective happiness of low-income families and form a positive view of poverty alleviation,we must pay attention to the form of welfare stigma,its construction process and its social significance.This paper mainly studies the existence characteristics,occurrence forms,emotional experience and construction process of urban low-income family welfare stigma.With the help of the "Bridge " project of the institution during the internship,the author conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 18 low-income families,8 non-low-income families and 7 front-line social workers in S district,and transcribed the interview data into a text manuscript for summarizing and summarizing,and reached the final conclusion.Through the study,it is found that urban low-income families do perceive different degrees of welfare stigma,the main characteristics of which are universality,continuity of harm and extensiveness;in the form of expression,it is divided into three types: personal stigma,interpersonal relationship stigma and procedural stigma,of which personal stigma and interpersonal relationship stigma are the most common forms of stigma and the most profound harm to low-income families.The stigma experience of low-income families varies from person to person,and different families have different experiences and reactions in cognition,emotions and behaviors,which shows that the impact of welfare stigma on urban low-income families is not consistent.The construction process of welfare stigma is complex,and from the perspective of social construction theory,the formation of welfare stigma is a long-term,cyclical process of social construction.Classification and exclusion are the root causes of welfare stigma,and personal stigma is the product of the self-internalization and identification of interpersonal stigma and procedural stigma.Finally,the coping strategies of social work in eliminating personal stigma,interpersonal stigma,and procedural stigma are proposed.Welfare stigma does exist,but its existence is very obscure,requiring policy-making departments,policy implementation subjects,social workers,the public,and low-income families themselves to have a certain understanding and concern about it,and make corresponding efforts to face its existence after cognition.The media positive publicity and guidance,the public no longer wear colored glasses to look at low-income families,the policy concept is constantly improved,the formation of a development-oriented social assistance theory,the staff in the entire rescue work to pay more attention to the subjective feelings of the assisted groups,jointly carry out targeted services with respect and humane care,pay attention to the mental health of low-income families,stimulate their endogenous development momentum,and help form a positive poverty alleviation concept.Eliminate the stigma of welfare,so that everyone can have a dignified life,a life full of hope,a happy and happy life.