Primary-level governance concerns the well-being of the people.The community,as the core of primary-level governance,serves as the fundamental unit connecting the public with Party organizations and safeguarding peopl...Primary-level governance concerns the well-being of the people.The community,as the core of primary-level governance,serves as the fundamental unit connecting the public with Party organizations and safeguarding people’s happiness.In response to the call for Party building serving the people,community governance experiences such as Wenzhou’s“Shared Society·Happy Neighborhood”have emerged at the social level;however,they face difficulties in effectively transitioning from“management”to“good governance.”Based on this,relevant communities need to be guided by the goal of people’s happiness,deepening multi-dimensional shared well-being collaboration under the leadership of branded primary-level Party building,to construct an ecosystem of happy communities.In the process of joint construction,governance,and sharing,community governance collectives,happy community collectives,and harmonious social collectives are built,thus helping to realize the free and comprehensive development of individuals.展开更多
Community volunteers occupy a unique position,being at the margins of institutional systems but central to public life in communities.They play a crucial role in forming and maintaining primary-level social order.Thro...Community volunteers occupy a unique position,being at the margins of institutional systems but central to public life in communities.They play a crucial role in forming and maintaining primary-level social order.Through life history interviews that explore the spiritual world of community volunteers,this study proposes a typology of community actors:enthusiasts,devotees,the dissatisfied,and neutrals.The first two types broadly constitute what can be termed"community volunteers."Analyzing the multiple cultural origins that give rise to proactive community actors reveals that the interplay of familial,individual,and danwei(work unit)consciousness is the fundamental driving force behind their engagement in public life.Actors carry the cultural weight of multiple contexts through their life practice,with community an intermediary structure between family and state.This exploration provides a new framework for understanding contemporary Chinese urban community volunteers and community governance,uncovering the consciousness and emotional structures embedded in individual actors by macro-social transformation and highlighting a historical path of primary-level governance modernization in China that is distinct from that of the West.展开更多
文摘Primary-level governance concerns the well-being of the people.The community,as the core of primary-level governance,serves as the fundamental unit connecting the public with Party organizations and safeguarding people’s happiness.In response to the call for Party building serving the people,community governance experiences such as Wenzhou’s“Shared Society·Happy Neighborhood”have emerged at the social level;however,they face difficulties in effectively transitioning from“management”to“good governance.”Based on this,relevant communities need to be guided by the goal of people’s happiness,deepening multi-dimensional shared well-being collaboration under the leadership of branded primary-level Party building,to construct an ecosystem of happy communities.In the process of joint construction,governance,and sharing,community governance collectives,happy community collectives,and harmonious social collectives are built,thus helping to realize the free and comprehensive development of individuals.
文摘Community volunteers occupy a unique position,being at the margins of institutional systems but central to public life in communities.They play a crucial role in forming and maintaining primary-level social order.Through life history interviews that explore the spiritual world of community volunteers,this study proposes a typology of community actors:enthusiasts,devotees,the dissatisfied,and neutrals.The first two types broadly constitute what can be termed"community volunteers."Analyzing the multiple cultural origins that give rise to proactive community actors reveals that the interplay of familial,individual,and danwei(work unit)consciousness is the fundamental driving force behind their engagement in public life.Actors carry the cultural weight of multiple contexts through their life practice,with community an intermediary structure between family and state.This exploration provides a new framework for understanding contemporary Chinese urban community volunteers and community governance,uncovering the consciousness and emotional structures embedded in individual actors by macro-social transformation and highlighting a historical path of primary-level governance modernization in China that is distinct from that of the West.
