This book conducts systematic theoretical research on the social mechanism running system based on China's targeted poverty alleviation model and poverty reduction experience. In light of the theories of Parsons’ structural functionalism, Luhmann’s social system theory, and Merton's structural functionalism, this book puts forward the "coupling" theory of China's targeted poverty alleviation strategy. From the theoretical level, the operation process of poverty reduction policy is a complex social system. The "coupling" theory of China's targeted poverty alleviation strategy is mainly a theoretical innovation for the general expression of China's targeted poverty alleviation model. In terms of the design and running process of the targeted poverty alleviation strategy, the multilevelness of antipoverty and the heterogeneity of poverty objects reflect the complexity of poverty reduction, which displays systematic complexity in the structural evolution and functional differentiation of poverty reduction, as well as the evolution of the subjective intention of poverty objects. Therefore, this book conducts a "systematic" analysis of the implementation conditions and operation process of targeted poverty alleviation from the perspective of "coupling," presenting a social practice mechanism in which multiple systems coordinate and interact with each other, the poverty reduction system is continuously optimized, and policy effectiveness is continuously improved in China's poverty reduction practice.
Dr. Chengbin Liu[U1] is a deputy dean, professor, and doctoral supervisor of the School of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, standing director of Chinese Sociological Association, vice president of Youth Sociological Association, and visiting scholar of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His main research areas include rural sociology, development sociology, and population sociology. He has published more than 50 academic papers in the top journals such as “Sociological Study,” “Chinese Journal of Population Science,” and “Population Research.” The People’s Publishing House and the Social Sciences Academic Press (China) published his four scholarly books. He chairs many high-level research projects, including 1 NSSFC key project and 2 NSSFC annual projects. He also presides over more than 20 research projects entrusted by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and local governments. He has won many awards, such as the Excellent Achievement Prize of Social Sciences of Zhejiang Provincial Government, the Excellent Achievement Prize of Social Sciences of Hubei Provincial Government, and the Annual Good Book recommendation of the fourth Chinese Sociological Association.
Tan Weiping [U1] is a doctor of economics and deputy director of the International Poverty Reduction Center in China. His research fields include poverty reduction theory and practice, rural development and rural revitalization, the science of policy-making, and international development assistance. He once served as a member of the doctoral program evaluation committee of colleges and universities under the Academic Degrees Office of the State Council, and the director of the World Bank's China Poverty Alleviation Loan Project and the Demonstration Cooperation Technical Assistance Project for Poverty Reduction among the Three East Asian Countries. He was once the "off-campus tutor of national postgraduate education in public management" awarded by the Academic Degrees Office of the State Council and the State Civil Service Bureau. He was also a member of the "One Belt, One Road" expert committee of Tsinghua University and the reading guide expert of the first phase of reading activities of the National Committee of the CPPCC. He has teaching tasks in universities such as Peking University and Tsinghua University. At the same time, he also undertakes many teaching tasks for the training of officials from developing countries. He has published many books, such as International Poverty Reduction Theory and the Frontier Issues (2020), Research on China's Poverty Occurrence Mechanism, and Analysis on the Poverty Reduction Effect of Chinese Enterprises' Investment in Southeast Asia.
