Power Strategy Of Grassroots House Removal Contactor

Demolition is a synonym of violence and parvenu.In nature,it is part of inevitable social activities in a country’s developmental process.With the rapid urbanization as well as a limits supply of land,demolition has brought severe conflicts as well as various societal problems.Several news reports have shown how violent these confrontations can get and can even result in loss of life.As these demolitions continue,we must ask ourselves whether a peaceful solution to these demolitions can be obtained.From the perspective of the power strategy,this study looks to the case of the housing removal which happened in JS as an example of the power strategy which can occur between the state and society at the grass roots level.This research suggested that grassroots housing removal contractors would use informal power strategies to complete their administrative goals by using favors and common sense to negotiate with the residents of households being demolished.In exploring this reason,this study thinks that the pressurized government system and the complication of grass-roots society give rise to it.This is the basis of their actions to use the flexibility of formal power.After weighing the interests of all parties,grass-roots housing removal contractors need to take pressure from the residents of the households being demolished.Because of the power that higher authority and public opinion have,choosing the informal power strategy is a helpless act.In demolition,exercising formal power in an informal way is a normalization of governance.When it becomes invalid,each party would need to choose to use the law in order to ensure that the demolition proceeds in an orderly fashion.It needs relevant policies,updated laws,and the mechanisms needed to carry them out.This essay also implies that it is essential to have a mechanism to prevent and resolve demolition conflicts,transform the situation of “public going against the government” to “government looks out for its people”.Serve as a fine example of Chinese characteristic governance,operating with formal power in an informal way presents transiency,also it has practical significance in the period of transformation.