Research On Local Governance In United States

Local American governments are of various types,large quantity.The governance appear to be complicated but orderly in practice.In terms of governance structure,the federal government,the state governments,legal systems,party organizations,civil society are closely tied with the all kinds of local governments,thus constituting the exterior governance structure of the local American governments.The counties,villages,boroughs,school districts,prefectures and their governance models constitute the internal governance structure of local American governments;In terms of governance mechanism,the local American governments are the main participants of governance activities.Meanwhile,citizens,enterprises and community neighborhood organizations are highly involved in the governance of local government.Multi-centered,networked network of local government governance and performance evaluation centered on cost saving and citizens ’satisfaction make governance decision of equalization and high efficiency as well as the local public service of equalization and high efficiency.To the whole operation process of local American governments we can conclude uniqueness of the governance.The governance of local American governments is a hard mission with a sheer responsibility and the governments often employ enterprise governing model and enjoy a high power.Meanwhile,the governance processes of democratization strengthen the legitimacy and the decentralization balance theory prevents the abuse of power,while the multi-variable and ordered governance system accords highly with the American view of plural democracy.The characteristics mentioned above derive from the unique political and economic system,long history of democracy,participatory political culture,waves of government reform movement and a profound theoretical basis.When comes to the reform of the Chinese local governments,they should seek more autonomy from the Central government as well as the rule of law and the construction of democracy.Thus the local Chinese governments can embrace both initiative and order.Meanwhile,we should claim more space for civil society groups to enhance the participation consciousness and public spirit for the better governance reform of the local Chinese governments.