Rural Democratic Governance Concept and Path

This book explores comprehensively and systematically the concept and path of realizing democratic governance and good governance in rural areas of China, based on a wealth of documents and field investigations, and employing political science, sociology and multi-disciplinary theoretical methods. The aspects investigated include: rural elite participation, rural consultative democracy, governance evaluation, public product supply, social organization cultivation, and rural think tank formation. Further, it assesses rural governance from the perspective of institutional innovation, and offers an outlook on its future in China. Based on current realities and the country’s position, the book underscores the value of dialectical thinking and rural wisdom, while also considering human destiny. Holding both theoretical value and practical significance for rural governance research and rural governance modernization, the book benefits researchers and students of related fields.

Review and Prospect: China's rural governance in the 21st century.- China's rural governance under the concept of balanced urban and rural development.- Elite participation in rural democratic governance.- Cultural construction and rural governance.- The conditions and ways of rural consultative democracy.- The cultivation of social organizations and rural social governance.- Public goods supply and rural governance.- Internet and rural governance reform.- Appraisal system and rural optimal management.- Think tank construction and Rural Revitalization.- Institutional innovation and the future of Rural Governance.

Xiuling Zhao, is Senior Researcher of Political Science, Institute of Political Sciences in CASS. Her research interest is rural governance and Chinese democracy politics. She has published “ancient village’s institutions and system in China”, “general theory of village autonomy in China” and many papers such as “micro-autonomy and grassroots democratic governance”and “deliberative democracy and modernization of rural governance in China”. “The wisdom of capital” won the second national youth outstanding achievement award.