Rural Community Governance Research Articles

A Study on the Intervention of Property Management Enterprises in Community Governance Model - Based on Property Management of Public Product in Attribute Perspective -

At the end of 2019, there was the major outbreak of “COVID-19” in China. In this outbreak prevention and control campaign, the property management enterprises(PME) performed actively, playing a vital role in China. This paper puts forward that the property management enterprises(PME) should be included as subjects of national urban and rural community governance from the perspective of the public product attribute of property management. Based on the properties of public goods in property management, this paper redefines the functions and positioning of PME with public affairs management, establishes the qualification of PME to participate in one of the main bodies of community public governance. And it forms a new model of community governance with community residents committees, owner’committee and PME as the main body. This research provides implications for national urban and rural community governance models by applying existing theories and practical examples.

Construction of Standards System for Urban and Rural Community Governance

Currently, urban and rural communities have become the new focus of social governance in China; however, the existing standards for urban and rural community governance cannot meet the new demand for governance modernization, and thus a new standards system is required. This study aims to research the development strategy of an urban and rural community governance standards system. In this article, we analyze the demand for standardizing urban and rural community governance in China, summarize the development status of standards systems related to urban and rural community governance in China and abroad, and explore the problems in the standardization in China. Moreover, we propose a preliminary framework and key directions for the standards system, covering general standards, community infrastructure, community information platform, community autonomy, community management, and community service. Considering the focus and weaknesses of urban and rural community governance in the new era, we propose several suggestions from five aspects: Top-level design, pilot demonstration, multi-party participation, overall urban–rural planning, and personnel training.

Design and Implementation of Rural Community Elderly Culture Platform Based on Real‐Time Social Media Data Mining

In the current big data environment, science and technology not only provide a new governance model for rural community governance but also put forward higher requirements for rural community governance level. Under the background of rural revitalization, promoting the construction of rural community cultural service system is not only an important choice to realize the equalization of urban and rural basic public services but also an important way to protect the cultural rights and interests of rural residents. On the basis of analyzing the real‐time data of social media, this paper studies the design and implementation method of rural community culture platform and then puts forward the strategy of community public culture informatization construction under the background of aging. From a global perspective, all countries have their own ways and means to invest in public cultural services. Especially from the perspective of countries with better development of public cultural services, multichannel funding sources are an important indicator of the quality of cultural undertakings. With the development of China’s social economy, the rural endowment insurance system is becoming more and more perfect, and the basic living needs of the elderly are basically met.

Research on the Impact of Social Capital on Villagers Willingness to Partake in the Supply of Rural Public Products

The supply of rural public products, as an important indicator to measure rural economic development, plays an important role in improving the quality of life of farmers and promoting the harmonious development of rural society. However, the current supply of public goods in China’s rural areas cannot meet the growing needs of farmers. Therefore, this article intends to analyze the specific situation of Chinese villagers’ willingness to participate in the supply of rural public products from the perspective of social capital, using the 2018 new rural community governance data and using the binary Logit model. The results of the study show that villagers are generally not very enthusiastic about participating in the supply of public goods in the village. The willingness of villagers in different regions to participate in the supply of public goods in the village is significantly different, and the eastern region is far lower than the western and central regions. Among the various dimensions of social capital, social trust, social networks and social participation of villagers to partake in village transport facilities, medical facilities and clean energy supply facilities willingness to have a significant positive impact. The gender of the villagers, whether he is a village official or not, and the degree of psychological cognition all have a significant positive impact on the willingness of the villagers to participate. Therefore, the Chinese government should pay attention to the positive effect of the informal system on villagers' participation in supply, actively cultivate and develop villagers' social capital in different dimensions, and arrange the supply of village public products in a reasonable manner according to the level of village development in accordance with local conditions.

Water governance in rural communities of Chiloé Island, southern Chile: A multi-level analysis

Water is one of the most demanded resources in rural areas of developing countries. Its management and governance need knowledge transfers and interactions among several actors at different administrative levels, starting with local social actors’ participation. In this article, we analyze the water governance in Chile using (i) a governance instrument matrix, (ii) institutional networks, and (iii) a multi-level water governance conceptual cascade model. We applied it to two watersheds (Ancud and Quellón) of Chiloé Island (southern Chile). We describe and discuss (a) political and institutional water governance structures and (b) the role of local rural drinking water committees (APR) as multi-actor collective organizations. The results show that despite several institutional governance shortcomings, most people (≥80%) living in rural-connected areas of Chiloé Island get water through APRs. In comparison, 68% of people from isolated areas get it from rivers without interacting with their neighbors. Based on our results, we discuss the need for a multi-level contextual approach to rural water governance.

Analysis of the Integration of Community Education in the Rural Community Governance System of Xiaoshan from the Perspective of Nurturing New Farmers

Community education includes a variety of educational activities that are open for all residents and rely on the educational resources of the community. Its main purposes are to promote the development of residents, keep the community safe, and maintain its social harmony (Yang, 2019, pp.5-8). Community education makes full use of the available educational resources in order to improve the overall manner and quality of life of residents and promote regional economy and social development. It is inherently compatible with the rural community governance system in terms of participants and pursuits. Xiaoshan is a district where the urbanization of rural areas is progressing rapidly with fast social and economic development under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. The community education has started early and contributed to local economy and rural governing much.

The Improvement of Grid Management in Rural Community from the View of Social Governance-Based on the Investigation of Menglian

Since 2004, grid management has been the main idea of innovation of rural community governance in Chinese. However, with the transformation of thought from social management to social governance in the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC, grid management, as an achievement of the thought of social management, needs to be relocated and developed. As an ideal sample, the rural grid management in Menglian county, Yunnan is thoroughly discussed in aspects of the management structure, management cost and the effect of management in this paper ， drawing a conclusion that grid management cannot straighten out the relationship between society and politics and promote the social construction with a extremely-highly cost. The paper puts forward the reform of grid management, a method of centralized management, to meet the requirements of the modernization of governance system and governance ability. The value of this paper is to promote the research on grid management theory under the view of social governance.

Exploring the Effective Approaches for Chinese Rural Women to Participate in Community Governance

In the research on the rural women’s political participation, it concerns why they participate in community governance and how we can ensure their real participation. With a case study of Zhoushan Village’s experience in successfully promoting the empowerment of rural women so that they may truly participate in community governance and then proceed to promote structural reform in the community, this paper examines the effective approaches taken over the past decade for rural women’s participation in community governance, and the far-reaching effects that their participation has had on individual and family status, the economy, society and culture. The experience of Zhoushan Village, which has been the result of interaction, is global and local, original and contextual, co-created and accepted by local women and villagers together. It will make a special contribution to good governance of rural communities in the transitional period of social governance in rural China.

Leadership and the governance of rural communities

Globally researchers are paying increasing attention to questions of local leadership and the governance of rural communities. However, the two bodies of scholarship have largely developed in isolation from each other and there has been a subsequent dearth of research into the relationship between leadership and governance in rural communities. Drawing upon the local leadership and governmentality literatures, this paper seeks to shed light on the leadership of places through an examination of the experience of a small town in South Australia. The paper argues there is a strong interaction between governance and leadership, with leaders sometimes taking an oppositional role to government and in other instances serving to mediate relations across spatial scales. The paper brings into question the nature of leadership in rural communities in advanced economies, the ways in which leaders interpret their roles and their relationship with the processes of governmentality.

The feminization of governance in rural communities in Poland: the case of village representatives (sołtys)

The main aim of this article is to analyze the drivers behind the feminization of the position of village representative in Poland and to discuss the possible consequences of this process. This article is based on a qualitative empirical study conducted in 10 communes located in different regions of Poland and varied in terms of women's participation in local public life. The results of my research show that the most significant factors of the feminization of the function of village representatives are social and cultural changes, as well as weakening of this position in the current system of local administrative institutions. Research has shown no striking differences in terms of types of initiatives or modes of functioning by women and men. Of significance, on the other hand, is the diversity of views on gender equality and, in particular, the activities of women in local public life. In the communes characterized by a significant presence of female village representatives and commune councilors, the women's public activities are more accepted and appreciated than in the communes, where women in such positions were in a minority.