The Villagers' Autonomy, Non-institutional Analysis, The Elite And The Political Participation Of Ordinary Villagers

This article is based on the diagnoses of the villager—council'S voting and administration in Lihou village,Qingchi town,Weifang city, Shandong province.Lihou village,is my home where I lived for more than 20 years.I am familiar with its climate,human relations and its development.When I came home in summer vocation in 2005,it was the time that the villager—council'S voting was ended, SO I discussed with villagers in deeply and wrote down our conversations in order to know about the villager-council'S voting process and administration.In the base of the autoptical investigation,this article researches the participation in state affairs about the non——systematic outstanding persons and common villagers,and expatiates the particular situations and the causation of the participation in state affairs in the democratic roting,democratic decision—making,democratic administration and democratic supervision.I also hope opening up the channel of the participation,enlarging the villagers'participation in state affairs,and carrying out the villagers'autonomy.With the primary purpose of satisfying self——minds or material demands and possibly promoting the achievement of self—and—group's goals by participating,participation in state affairs means political members intervening in governmental affairs directly or indirectly.Farmers participating in state affairs in the contemporary era is active and its object is villagers'autonomy mostly,attaching importance to the efficacy of participation,contrary to the participation in the days of People's Community,when farmers participating in state affairs is passive and with simple political—enthusiasm.This article analyses the situation of participation in state affairs about the non——systematic outstanding persons and common villagers.The non——systematic outstanding persons are the person who hold the superior social resources and have the force to the public affairs,but they are not the village—cadres.The difference between the non—systematic outstanding persons and common villagers is whether they have the force...