The Influence Of Contemporary Clan In Rural Governance

Since the 1980s, national reform of the economic system, the broad masses of rural areas practices the family joint the household contract responsibility system. Adapt to the needs of economic restructuring, the political reform occurred in the general villages, the village government pattern transited from"integrates government administration with commune management"to"governance the township politics with village". At the same time, in the general countryside area, the patriarchal clan which suppressed was appeared for a long time the varying degree revival, and has had certain influence to the village government. It is so hot that the academic and the politicians pay attention.This paper take W village in southern Hebei as the object of study, the utilization politics, the historical anthropology, the sociological comprehensive method to see small, through the village governance model in the changing role of the clan, inspected the national government pattern vicissitude in the basic unit village projection. In the review the results of academic research, through to W village patriarchal clan and village government historical review, analyzed the reasons for reviving of the contemporary village patriarchal clan, proposed the resolution present age patriarchal clan impacting on rural governance measures, and gradually promote the village democracy at the grassroots healthy development.This paper is divided into three parts: The first part, introduces the W village patriarchal clan and the village government historical review, and the clan revival reason analysis. First has carried on the synopsis to the W village's special details, and review the W village's patriarchal clan and the village government pattern before the reform and open policy, and introduced after reform and open policy, the patriarchal clan revives the present situation, the final analysis of the reasons for the patriarchal clan reviving.The second part, introduced contemporary patriarchal clan impact on rural governance. At present, our country rural community relates the overall is the health, stable, but there are also some that should not be overlooked contradictions and problems. Clan issues that affect village governance now are one of the factors. This kind of impact reflected in the following five areas: has destroyed villagers' democracy legally to elect; has affected villagers' democratic decision-making and the democratic management; has affected villagers' democratic supervision, the harm social order; has hindered the national route, the principles, the policy implementation and the government by law advancement; breeding and spread backwardness consciousness, affects the countryside promotion of spiritual civilization construction.The third part is aims at the resolution countryside patriarchal clan's countermeasure which proposed to the village government's influence. Because the countryside patriarchal clan idea and the patriarchal clan influence have affected the village government, we must take measures to contain the clan concept and the negative impact of the clan forces, There are four specific measures: differentiates the different conditions, takes the different measure; further deepens the rural reform; governs the village legally, strengthens the building of Basic-level party organizations; strengthens the building of spiritual civilization.Through the above analysis, the patriarchal clan from the legitimate authority of original rural society into being against the target, after the reform and open policy, revives in the rural society, and continues to affect the current village governance. We discovered that in the present stage rural society, the patriarchal clan still played irreplaceable role, but what is more important is its negative impact on rural governance negative effect, which must not be overlooked. To contain the patriarchal clan to affect,we should take some measures. We can further deepening rural reform, develop market economy, and speeds up the countryside the urbanized advancement. Simultaneously, we have to break the material base and living environment which patriarchal clan depends on to exist. At the same time, reduce the idea and influence of patriarchal clan and consummate roots autonomous system. Continuously promote the self-perfection of the socialist political system and its development, for building a new socialist countryside, and constructing the socialism harmonious society to lay a solid important foundation.