A Study On The Social Capital Basis And Construction Of Rural Grassroots Democracy In China

Rural grassroots democracy is an important part of socialist democratic politics and it is animportant political guarantee to build a new socialist countryside. Building a harmonious societyneeds this important condition of rural grassroots democracy. Rural grassroots democracy is animportant requirement for a comprehensive well-off society and the realization of the Chinesedream. As a whole construction of socialist democratic politics, the perfect rural grass-rootsdemocracy has important significance. In the new historical period, we must uphold the Party’sleadership, follow the spirit of eighteen parties and promote the improvement of rural grassrootsdemocracy. After years of development, rural grassroots democracy as an "experimental field" ofChinese democracy development has made great achievements. But some problems become thebottleneck to restrict the further development of grassroots democracy. The main reason is thatthe original social relationship within the neglected rural areas plays a role. In the ruralcommunity, values of rural society, norms of reciprocity, organizational networks and theinstitutional support the development of rural areas. These are the main contents of the socialcapital theory. In this particular context, the social capital theory provides a new way of thinkingpath for the further development of China’s rural grassroots democracy. Based on the uniqueperspective of social capital theory, this article researches the construction of China’s ruralgrassroots democracy. Through the study of social capital theory, people can pay more attentionto the non institutional factories. Therefore, people will understand that the social capital playsan important role in a deeper theoretical level for rural democratic construction. However, thestatus quo of China’s rural social capital is worrisome. China’s traditional rural social capitalis weakening and loss. It is experiencing a transformation to the modern social capital. But thenational rural social capital has not yet fully established. Therefore, this paper proposes somesuggestions for the construction of modern social capital in rural areas to improve ruralgrassroots democracy. From the macro and micro level, I propose to construct a modern socialcapital in rural areas, in order to promote the development of rural grassroots democracy. Fromthe macro level, first of all, the state and government should strengthen its support for rural areas;Second, We should promote the traditional social capital transform to the modern social capitalas soon as possible; Third, building a socialist core value system, rebuilding trust betweengovernment and the public; Fourth, improving legislation and related systems, providing legalprotection for the development of modern social capital. From the micro level, first, developing avariety of rural collective economic organizations to strengthen cooperation among the villagers;Second, rural civil society organizations to construct, new carrier villagers to participate in thenetwork; Third, develop rural education, farmers cultivate public spirit and strengthen community awareness; fourth, regulate the behavior of village cadres, establish positiveinteraction and cooperative relations between cadres and villagers.