Research On The Historical Inheritance And Transformation Of The Construction Of Grassroots Authority

The transition from traditional society to modern society is a long and gradual process.This makes in the process of this transformation,while retaining part of the traditional social factors,rural areas have been impacted by a lot of modern social factors.The symbiosis and integration of tradition and modern make rural areas present a complex state in all aspects of social life.The authority structure of rural society is constantly shaped.Both formal authority and informal authority play an important role in the process of rural governance.The rural society has formed a diversified authority structure.Based on the legitimacy theory and institutional change theory,this paper analyzes the "traditional return" and "modern transformation" of authority construction based on the case study of M village.It is found that the authority construction of M village presents a mixed state which includes the inheritance of traditional resources and the transformation with the modernization of grass-roots governance.This mixed structure makes the authority construction of M village still have a series of problems,facing the legitimacy crisis.In M village,these problems are more intense in the process of formal authority construction represented by village committee.It is mainly reflected in the dual role conflict of the village committee and the vague political role consciousness of the villagers.The institutional causes of these phenomena are as follows: the power and responsibility of the government and the village committee are unclear due to the shortage of standardized system supply,and the authority of the legal system is challenged under the impact of village rules and regulations;Under the influence of dual legitimacy,the action logic of the village committee,the long-term thinking inertia of the villagers,and the rational choice based on the interest demand.Based on the above reasons,this paper puts forward the following countermeasures: in the process of rural governance,we should not only attach importance to the dominant position of formal authority,but also play a positive role of informal authority.Form a new pattern of "one core and multiple" collaborative governance.First,take the grass-roots party organizations as the core,reconstruct the governance system.Adhere to the core leading position of the party and improve the quality and ability of grassroots party members and cadres;We should make clear the orientation of the government and strengthen the function of service guarantee;Strengthen the construction of village level organizations and improve the governance capacity.Second,improve the legal system environment and strengthen the construction of the rule of law.Improve the legal system of the interaction between the authority at the grassroots level;We should balance the order of modern rule of law with that of traditional customs,and strengthen the foundation of modern jurisprudence.Third,we should give full play to the main role of villagers and cultivate their spirit of public participation.To cultivate modern citizen consciousness and improve the quality and ability of villagers to participate in rural governance;We should innovate the system and mechanism,attract talents to return,and absorb rural elites.