A Study On Community Organizations Participation Of Community Governance In Macao

Community governance is the most basic part of the new governance system of "national governance--social governance--community governance" in our country,which plays an irreplaceable basic role in the harmonious development of society.In addition to the formal governance structure of government,non-governmental organizations,such as civil societies,often have the function of participating in social governance.After Macao’s return to the motherland,the economy is developing rapidly and the society is keeping harmonious and stable as well.The age-old,abundant and unique community resources play a unique role in Macao’s social governance,and the participation of community organizations in community governance has become a hot spot of attention.By the means of literature review,in-depth interviews and questionnaires and so on to collect materials and make researches,based on the survey of residents’ subjective satisfaction of participating in governance activities,firstly this paper expounds the development course and present situation of Macao community organizations participating in community governance,and analyzes the basic characteristics of Macao community governance from the perspective of the basic characteristics of governance theory.Secondly,from the perspective of the limitations of governance theory,this paper puts forward four problems existing in the participation of community organizations in community governance in Macao,and analyzes the causes of the above problems one by one.It also proves that the governance theory has shortcomings in community governance.Finally,from the perspective of "good governance" of governance theory,this paper puts forward nine countermeasures and suggestions in three aspects:meso-governance,macro-coordination of government and micro-participation of community residents in community organizations.The conclusion also makes a forward-looking prospect for the participation of mainland community organizations in community governance.