Supporting data for “Social Knowledge Production and Urban Grassroots Governance of Guangzhou’s Government Purchase of Social Work Policy”

This thesis explores the government purchase of social work policy in Guangzhou from the perspective of social system evolution. The policy involves nonprofit social work industry in government public service provision. The thesis uses in-depth interviews and focus group meetings to collect information from policy actors and grassroots society members, especially experts, social workers, and residents. The data is collected from three urban subdistricts in Guangzhou. The dataset consists of 3 files, including informed consents templates, interview outlines, and interview and focus group meeting records (in Chinese). In total, the data covers 128 respondents, including 86 individual interviews and 6 focus group meetings.

本论文从社会系统演化的视角，探讨了广州市政府购买社会工作政策的实践。该政策将非营利性社会工作行业纳入政府公共服务体系。研究通过深度访谈和焦点小组会议，从政策制定者和基层社会成员中收集信息，特别是专家、社会工作者和居民。数据来源于广州市三个城市街道。数据集包含3个文件，包括知情同意书模板、访谈大纲以及访谈和焦点小组会议记录（中文）。总计涵盖128位受访者，包括86次个别访谈和6次焦点小组会议。