| Rapid urbanization in China has produced a special type of transitional residential setting which is configured from rural village to urban community. The paper aims to explore the formation of social capital in such social setting through a case study of Huaide Community in Shenzhen, with special focus on the cause of social capital and its impacts on the community governance. Policy suggestions on the community governance will also be outlined.The major findings of this paper are:during the rapid process of urbanization, social capital for governance of the urban community configured from rural village mainly consists of bonding social capital and bridging social capital that have diverse sources and functions but play irreplaceable role on grass-roots governance. In particular, social capital developed along the transition of community system is featured as typical elite construction. This kind of social capital is conducive to the realization of cooperation in the governance subjects, the reinforcement of exchange and sharing of social resources, and the establishment of community norm and trust. It is a key factor in solving the collective action problems of the community, in improving governance achievements and in realizing good community governance.The paper is divided into five chapters. Chapter one provides problems, elaborates theoretical basis, analysis framework, research methods and significance, firstly, the concept of social capital theory and community governance are introduced, then the concept of Social Capital and Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages has been defined, then the analysis layout is provided. Secondly, the interaction between social capital and the governance of Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages is emphasized to be analyzed, furthermore, the current conditions of researches on the governance of Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages with the application of social capital theory has been sort out so as to lay a theoretical foundation for the following case studies.Chapter Two represents the historical background of the research. Based on the experience of Baoan in Shenzhen, the shape of living space of Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages is described, and through the analysis on relevant policy documents, the development of structural reform on Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages is displayed, in the meantime, the characteristics of Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages is summarized.Chapter Three takes the case study. Firstly, the general situation of Huaide is introduced, the dilemma of governance on the current Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages is analyzed, then the reason of case selection is explained, that is, the case study has solve the relevant problems effectively. Secondly, the case study is provided, which includes two parts, i.e. the first part is to discuss the social capital shape of social space about the Residential Living Community Transformed from Villages, including the expression shape and characteristics of social capital, and the second part is to go forward to analyze the its shaping logics, which emphasizes on the interaction between the elite&system and the social capital.Chapter Four takes a deep analysis on the case study. It takes the specific events in the process of the governance of Huaide Community as a case to analyze the influence of social capital built by elites on the community governance performance, it is found out that abundant social capital can improve the community governance performance, meanwhile, the governance process will promote the cultivation and accumulation of social capital in turn.Chapter Five provides conclusion and policy suggestions. Based on the summary of research thought, research process and research achievement, the policy construction is provided:the social capital is invested to realize the harmonious governance in the community. Firstly, the residential autonomous system should be improved so as to provide a good system for the cultivation of social capital; secondly, the construction of community organization should be strengthened so as to build up an interactive communication platform for residents; thirdly, the institutional improvement should be promoted in community so as to safeguard residents’ participation right; fourthly, the participation awareness of community residents should be actively cultivated so as to promote the cultivation of civic society.The research on the community governance which takes social capital theory as normal form, is the new orientation for the community governance research nowadays. The analysis on social capital helps to guide us to research on the social resource filled in the social network structure from a deep perspective with a direction of non-institutional factors, which aims to provide new analysis points and solution for the construction of community governance structure. |
