Studies Of Collective Action In Rural Area

In order to promote common interests and change the current unfavorable situation, people make same choice to accomplish shared goals ,which is considered as collective action. In such processes, the absence of co-operation which caused the purpose can't be achieved. On the contrary, extensive co-operation will improve efficiency and increase social capitals. Social capitals lies in the trust, relationships and norms of reciprocity between people,which are features of social organizations. They are able to promote cooperative behavior and enhance the efficiency ultimately. This study's goal is to find out the motion of collective action in rural areas, which based on the perspectives of social capital, and collective action theory. Obviously, the ability of collective action includes many factors, so the express of interest and the need of interest are the motion of peasants'collective action. Actually, the driving force of the common interests of peasants in rural areas firstly begins with organizations. Within cooperative activities, the peasants accomplish shared goals. In the process of collective action, social capital is increasing. It have two sides, on one side, social capital is helpful to create favorable situation in rural areas. On the other side, social capital may intensify contradictions, that'to say, it'll undermine the stability of society. Through cases about the public goods'voluntary provision in the rural area, the article creates a theoretical framework to systematically analyze the cooperation conditions of the China peasants'collective action: playing the role of social capital in rural areas,increasing funding for rural investment, building the trust network in rural areas, developing civil society organizations in rural areas.