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A Study On Village Governance

Posted on:2009-12-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H H YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360272959648Subject:MPA
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As the cell in Chinese public governance system, the village has a special governance pattern with strong Chinese character. Village Committee and Village Party are the only two Legal governance organizations in a village. However because of their equal status, there are always many contradictions when they implement their governance at the same time. With working experience in village region government, I read large amount of materials about village governance and found that the key to improving village governance is to find the cause and solution of the contradiction. I've made a series of local investigation in 25 villages and found that the contradictions between Village Committee and Village Party could be divided into three categories, which will be described below. I summarized the cause of the contradictions into 7 factors, which are policy & law, sources of power, implementation of democracy, power struggles, political identity, electoral manipulation, and the villagers' selfishness. Through analysis of the cause of the conflicts, combining the two access to resolving internal contradictions "Executive Role" and "Two Votes" system, the paper pointed out that to eliminate two fundamental contradictions the key is to appoint one " Squad Role".With the analysis of "Squad Role" model, this paper will also compare the advantages of both "Executive Role" and "Two Votes" system and will propose a new election idea. First, how to make the "Squad" be elected to the greatest extent possible on the strong basis of legitimacy of empowerment. Secondly, in the cases that one "squad" can not be appointed, it is suggested to elect the village party branch secretary through Two Votes System. So that the basis of public opinion will be strengthened and the formation and intensify of contradictions can be prevented.In addition, regardless of whether the leader of the two committees is the same person or separate two, it is quite important to establish an automatic and independent oversight mechanism. I name the organization to implement this mechanism Villager Representative Commission. Both Party member villagers and common villagers can be elected as members of this commission and the start of this oversight commission is free of the empowerment from the Village Committee and Village Party. So the commission can implement its oversight effectively. Through the democratic supervision over the use of power, the fight of governance power can be avoided, the power can be implemented transparently and standardly, the power abuse can be prevented and the conflicts between the two committees can be resolved. This is a fantastic way to enhance village governance performance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Village Governance, Conflicts between Village Committee and Village Party, "Squad" Role, "Two Votes" System, Villager Representative Commission
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