Study Of Rural Grassroots Democratic Elections From Cultural Perspective

As a key rural grassroots democratic elections of villagers’autonomy, for the development of grassroots democracy has a very important role. Reasonable and effective conduct of democratic elections has important implications for grassroots villagers rising political identity and political mission, the law should protect the political rights of the villagers, the full expression of interest demands of the villagers as well as overseeing the operation of power and other aspects of rural grassroots. This paper studies the problem of rural grassroots democratic elections from a cultural perspective, is divided into five parts.The first part is an introduction, mainly on the grounds and the significance of this topic, and the status of Study on this topic at home and abroad were combing a brief introduction to research, the research objectives and the research methods, it points out the focus of this study, as well as difficulties innovation.The second part introduces the related concepts and theoretical basis.The third part discusses the current development of rural grassroots democratic elections, Which focuses on the problems outlined five aspects of these issues:Political indifference, weak sense of democratic elections; Repeated acts of unfair competition, the quality of elections is not high; Clan forces manipulate the election unfair; Township authority to interfere, influence election results; Rural migrants increased, difficult to guarantee the right to vote.The fourth part focuses on the cause of the problem is analyzed. Mainly from the traditional village culture, negative cultural effects of the market economy and the political culture of the three levels to start. Such discourse also follow the general rules of the peasant masses cultural acceptance, in line with the development of history. The first is the impact of the traditional village culture:Clan culture prevails, farmers elections by the "family" idea obstacles; The prevalence of human cultural rituals, farmers elections by the "human" thinking impede; Religious culture prevails, farmers elections by the "faith" thinking impede. Second, the impact of the negative culture effects of the market economy:Maximize the profit-driven market economy led to an interest in rural substance into the mainstream; Farmer’s market economy, individual consciousness expansion led to severe flooding farmers selfish thoughts; The freedom of the market economy led to the election of randomness; The openness of the market economy led to an increase in the rural population, the election rate decreased. Finally, the impact of the political culture of grassroots democratic elections:Traditional political culture deeply rooted concept of modern democracy hindered; Inherited from the traditional system of political awareness hinder the formation of independent political personality farmers; Rural relatively closed political culture hinder the proper exercise of political rights of farmers.The fifth part based on the analysis of the problems and the reasons, but also from a cultural level three proposed countermeasures to solve these problems. The first is to improve rural village culture, promoting the development of grass-roots democratic elections, including:Deepen rural reform, strengthening of rural cultural integration; Institutional strengthening and improving the rural grass-roots democratic elections "human Wind"; Overall strengthening of rural spiritual civilization and promote the acceptance and internalization of culture; Farmers cultivate the concept of public and civic awareness, enhance their sense of collective responsibility. Followed by an active advocate the concept of a market economy, strengthening the correct guidance of the grassroots democratic elections, Specific measures include advocating collectivism values, enhance the sense of responsibility to the farmers to participate in elections;Exert the role of government in market operation, strengthen the confidence of the farmers to participate in elections; Expand the market space actively, protection of migrants effective exercise of the right to vote. Finally, from a political and cultural perspective of the measures is to improve the political culture in rural areas, promote compliance with the election of villagers actual:Mainly for the traditional political culture and the integration of rural criticize; Through various channels.to promote rural political socialization; Further improve the rural political reform, strengthening the democratic and legal construction.In this paper, from a cultural perspective of rural grassroots democratic elections to focus on the part of the fourth and fifth, three levels were analyzed to study this problem can be further improved rural grassroots democratic electoral system, will further promote grassroots democracy and autonomy development. And villagers’ autonomy system as the socialist democracy at the grassroots level and political system with Chinese characteristics, one of its further perfection and development will be the development of grassroots democracy in China to a new level.