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On Citizen Participation In Transformation Of Contemporary Chinese Government

Posted on:2011-01-30Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z H YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360305973507Subject:Constitution and Administrative Law
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In March 2010 Premier Wen Jiabao's government work report made in satisfaction of the people to work hard to build service-oriented government, the report pointed out the need to develop socialist democracy, and earnestly protect the democratic rights of the people as masters . But one made to strengthen the Government's own reform and construction of specific measures also not comprehensive enough. I think that the actual implementation of the Government's own reform alone is not enough, but also requires us to pay special attention to promoting democracy, listen to the grass-roots opinions of the masses to actively expand citizen participation in institutional building. This article attempts to expand citizen participation from the start the need for active citizen participation to build a comprehensive system to promote better able to build service-oriented government.Firstly, the Government of public administration theory, the changing role of government in China has an important reference value.The challenges that contemporary public administration theories confront are complicated and plural. Here to enter the government role of change and state the type and external economic and political environment is closely. the government of the paradigm change has been the constitutional government into a hot, from the western new public management and public service, post modern administration, the government and the rule for such theory research, Beijing university professor Haocai-Lou such scholars is committed to the method of study and apply the concept and to improve our government in the formulation of soft law. By the law "is soften, and hope for a compulsory and punished through consultation, the government of western philosophy of governance. the translation. The result is to explore how to do the government in power of the centre and better distribution of power, the government's roles for repositioning, so as to the rapid development in modern society, political and administrative reform, through better reflect the broad masses of democracy, the better through the transition.To the department of public power to "entrepreneurial government", in the direction of the government administrative, the government to improve the efficiency of public services. The new theory on summing up new public management theory on the basis of experience, the government should be the service is not steered "concept proposed by the government. Civil service is core contents of the community and citizens to participate in the most admired.Management theory on the government's role changes of the most important is the power of the vertical, horizontal and reallocated, and the formation of more power to form multiple, the democratic consultation mechanism to better reflect the theory. for the citizens to participate in the work of the core position and to straighten out the state and society(especially civil society). Based on the rule of good governance of the state power is in fact return to society, the process is a common people in the process.Transformation as the government further, the external forces will become the government change in the important impact of factors. External to the most concentrated expression is a citizen to participate in the constant expansion of external supervision; social strength grows steadily in order to speed up the government's role changes. Government policy better reflect public opinion, more democratization and scientific policy-making. Only citizens to participate in the type of the government is to be better exercise supervision and participation, the functions of government transformation better guarantee.Secondly, civil society theory is Citizen Participation of legal basis.Summary of the theory that should see that their role in the analysis of government transformation process had its own theory is based on civil society, in the society and the strength of the country against the basis of government transformation. the citizen participation of civil society is particularly important.But as the reform and opening up gradually and state power is spontaneous, social field is gradually increasing trend. However, this change is still in the government's lead and control, the government is to social management of the rights to citizens of society, only our civil society and gradually developed countries off against each other and will continue to improve the citizens to participate in public affairs to better reflect public opinion, a better service to the people.The government can improve much depends on citizen social force grows steadily. Our society is not enough to force the government offered to the power of surrender. in the civil society, non-governmental organizations of the heartlessness of, or middle class, the growth of the public domain, guide the development of the state and social relations change.Civil society will be valid against the state and government, is very important manifestation form is the establishment of the public domain, out of the essence of the public domain in a public affairs discussed in the space people are free to express my opinion, the other case, express people's wishes and demands. A look at the national civil society are truly effective, an important evaluation criterion is whether there is a real sense of the public domain.Only in this society, every individual more rational thought, and through organizations of the public in the field expression to his request, while building up the individual claim as a non-governmental organizations in society foreign united voice, will further influence government policies, even against the government's administrative management means and methods to innovation.Thirdly, the risk society urgently requires citizen participation system was established.The point this essay attempts to argue is that, in the face of the risk society formed by scientific and technological reason, the nation has the ability to prevent risk but meanwhile would not violate the principle of rule of law.Modern risk of damage caused by the increasing frequency, the traditional social risk (industrial pollution and commodities, drugs its dark-centered deep and the pesticide residue, natural disasters and environmental degradation and)is the risk of the industry.Face of increasing the risk, for example, recent H1N1 influenza problem that is now at a high risk of the heartlessness, the consequences of any decisions are quite serious. How to government decisions of the scientific and democratic legitimacy, authority is the government concerning the constitutionality and decision-making mechanism. the risk of the risk of warn, evaluation of training mechanisms, citizen participation is a risk to the baker strategy of the important content.The government tries to be multiracial negotiations of the main policy-making mechanism to enable the government's power to allocation. For ordinary people more participation in the government's administrative actions, can the government's decision, and more rational democracy. Entity level of risk guidelines in the constitution guarantees the right to subsistence as a basis, the peoples of the right to life, the risk of social protected.Level in the program is to strictly perform their communication procedures and risk assessment and the requirements necessary approval procedures, which is in its deliberations must reflect the principle of democracy, preclude the expert review, and extensive listen to the public comments and proposals to expand the scope of the democratic participation, this is the risk of an important part of social contradictions.Finally, how to build the system of citizen participation?Efforts to build a "citizen to participate in government improve its flexibility and adaptability. The citizens to participate in public affairs of the system will be further improved, we must also satisfy two conditions, the subjective conditions are involved in the body of citizens are actively.Citizens through education and community development of autonomy, non-profit organizations and other means to cultivate positive citizens, civil society in general, parts of society in general have to go to private citizens from the public mind.Citizens to participate in the main task were to create a citizen of the dialogue, and maintaining state and society of sustainable development through consultations and better democracy. The individual citizen participation participates in many non-governmental organizations to express their wishes.Even in the public sphere, individual case have is weak, only the individual citizen, associate action based on the theory into a small range of social organizations, through the freedom of association was better able to express their wishes and demands. We create properties of the non-governmental organizations in society and gradually establish and cultivating their civic awareness is one important part of the citizens to participate.Citizens to participate in the external form, combined with the actual can in many ways, such as the new technology applications risk assessment, the public feedback and opinions in the field of citizens of the media, etc. change in the public domain.These reforms are very much is the administrative reform has been done to try. We need to do is to better integrating with china's actual conditions. For example, the internet network of democracy and community building and lot of public opinion through the internet was published, and democratic supervision has played an important role.The future government web site more supervision add to the council as to their participation in the public are very good network of democracy. Now the internet community in the virtual network formed his own strength. it is the direction of the development of a democratic consultation.In summary, our citizens to participate in the system have its legal basis and social reality. Only the basis of an in-depth study can change in our rule of law is the better protection of our democratic decision-making consultations and better democracy, and demonstrate the superiority of the socialist democracy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Government transportation, Citizen Participation, Consultation, Risk Society
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