Honor Politics And Community Vitality

The modernization of governance system as well as governance capability is a major political proposition in contemporary China and worldwide.In accordance with the constitution,governance system includes authority hierarchy,limits of authority,distribution of organizations ranging from centralization to localization(including regional ethnic autonomy,"one country,two systems" policy)and various communities(including rural ethnic settlements and urban streets);governance capability explains the rationalized disposition of operating mechanisms and resource rights practices by means of centralization,localization and various ethnic communities at the grassroots level.On the basis of world ethnic research norms,this article selects multi-ethnic villages located in the Midwest mountainous areas of Nepal as the target group,and focuses on examining the external conditions and internal operating mechanisms to explore the adaptation of traditional cultural resources to concurrent social environment,aimed at implementing a highly engaged and low-cost development and governance path for autonomous communities by way of large establishment of functional associations.Specifically,this article is based on a one-year field survey from August 2018 to August 2019 in Arman village of Nepal The main methodologies of data collection are participant observation and interview,in combination with the application of Ostrom's public affairs management theories,Francis L.K.Hsu's theory of social solidarity,and Polanyi's economic anthropology theory to examine the daily operation of Arman village's public affairs.The village maintains the traditional appearance of the community of blood,geography and in-law relationships in public festivals and ceremonies.Through collective life such as production and ceremonies,the family expanded to relatives,castes,villages and their mutual solidarity mechanism and finally rose to the country.The state has achieved local governance,and the Alman village has also gained autonomy.The intervention of national forces has to a certain extent made the traditional Hindu caste system equal in politics and law and flattened the original social hierarchy order.Honor is a key factor in grass-roots autonomy in the village of Alman.The associations responsible for the management of the specific affairs of the village community are supported by a sense of honor.They absorb the traditional elites in the village community,mainly the elderly,and modern elites represented by modern intellectuals and foreign workers.They also replace the caste system in the contemporary era.Form the concept of order in village community autonomy and national governance,and then explore a low-cost,high-participation and fair and efficient governance and development road.Honour has injected vitality into the grassroots democratic system in Nepal,and the development thinking with grassroots communities as the main body has explored a road for the development and governance of Nepal's postmodern transformation.This model of development and governance reflects how people in remote mountain areas are striking a balance between global and local,national and personal,traditional and modern under the wave of globalization.At the same time,it also provides useful experience for grassroots governance in China and other countries.