"Letter And Visit": Dual Variation In Practice And Institution

Since 1980's, the total nation transformation and monetization in the process of market-making, has leaded transformation of contemporary_social structure. The benefits relationship adjustment of social group were partly reflected by the Letter and Visit. "The flood of Letter and Visit" has initiated the general public paying close attention to Letter and Visit system.Base on the case of "forbidding the three turns of motorcycles" in T city of HuBei, the author cuts into thesis through the visual angle of institution, adopts the analysistactic of "incident—process". The article dynamically displays how the government'smobilization for administration initiated rational and orderly contend of vehicle owners who appeal for help, represents what Letter and Visit bureau as one of main bodies adopted to the strategy, analyses the function of Letter and Visit Institution in the event, discusses the relocation of the institution in the practice with the social transformation.By analyzing the case, the author puts forward that the event has opened one kind of attempt for understanding Letter and Visit Institution to the Chinese political and social life. Though some flaws in reality, Letter and Visit Institution is confronting many difficulties and challenges, the function expands in case and is far away from original intention that the core of the institution. With the benefit differentiation age and risk society approaching, Letter and Visit Institution has relocated in the practice: On the one hand it acts institutional expression way for group benefits, on the other hand it provides soft protection for local government's governance in risk society and decreases difficulty and pressure that local government must face. The value and function of Letter and Visit Institution not only pause in the text or the ideal construction, but also they are dual variation in practice and institution.