As a kind of political influence,political authority affects the political order and development of villages.From the perspective of political resources,this paper explores the changes of the political authority pattern of village G in central Hubei Province.Based on the background of the change of political order of village G before and after the reform of agricultural tax,and by sorting out the changes of political resources in village G,to explore the change of the political authority pattern of the village.In the discussion of the interaction between political resources and political authority in the village,it is found that it represented the acquisition,input and use of different types of subject resources,and has certain relationship with the structure of village authority.This paper returns to the essential concept of authority,regards authority as a kind of influence,and explores how the political resources of G village shape political authority,promotes the change of political authority structure.And holds that in G village of central Hubei Province,before and after the reform of agricultural tax,with the change of the village political resources,the main body of political authority gradually extends from the cadres of the village committee to the villagers.The Village Authority is no longer the unitary authority structure dominated by the elites of the village committee,Under the active role of political resources,villagers’ autonomy and subjectivity has improved,and the influence of villagers on the village committee has been strengthened,the open political authority of the village has been formed,and the political authority structure has changed.By using the methods of literature research,interview and case study,after field investigation and research,it is found that G village,as a clan-type village,has undergone periodic changes in its village authority structure.In the first stage,before the agricultural tax reform,under the dual blessings of traditional informal authority and formal authority,village committee cadres had unique political resources,their authority was dominant.In the second stage,in the early stage of agricultural tax reform,the resources of national policies were limited,and the resources of village committee cadres were effectively used.At the same time,due to the strong contrast between the autonomy and subjectivity of villagers and village committee cadres,the closed authority pattern of village committee authority continued,and strengthened to a certain extent.In the third stage,with the transformation of village committees from the absorption type to the service type after the agricultural tax reform,the local government has increased its investment in political resources such as institutional resources,economic resources,and policy resources in G villages,and villagers’autonomy and subjectivity have been enhanced.The village’s open authority structure is gradually sprouting.In the fourth stage,in the process of the country’s substantial increase in rural political resources,the villagers’ political resources increased,the main position was strengthened,and the open authority pattern of G village was formed. |