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Social capital and rural grassroots governance in China
Sozialkapital und ländliche Basisherrschaft in China
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Abstract This article examines the impacts of two types of social capital – bonding and bridging – upon the performance of grassroots selfgovernment institutions in rural China, based on an original survey of 410 villages throughout the whole of China. The findings indicate that, on the one hand, bonding soc... mehr
This article examines the impacts of two types of social capital – bonding and bridging – upon the performance of grassroots selfgovernment institutions in rural China, based on an original survey of 410 villages throughout the whole of China. The findings indicate that, on the one hand, bonding social capital still has a very solid foundation in the rural areas of China. On the other, bridging social capital is in formation in Chinese villages, even though the stock of bridging social capital is currently very moderate. Moreover, this study finds that bridging social capital, as manifested in general trust and inclusive social networks, positively affected the governance performance of each surveyed village. Yet, bonding social capital, as manifested in particular trust and exclusive social networks, tends to negatively impact the performance of Chinese rural governance. These findings help clarify some theoretical issues about, and shed some light on the prospects of, the rural self-governance system in China.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
soziales Netzwerk; Leistung; ländlicher Raum; Dorf; Regierung; China; Asien; soziale Beziehungen; sozioökonomische Entwicklung; Sozialkapital; Governance; Landwirtschaft; Vertrauen; Selbstverwaltung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Agrarsoziologie
Methode
anwendungsorientiert
Freie Schlagwörter
Political science; Chinese politics; social capital; rural governance; contemporary; representative sample
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2011
Seitenangabe
S. 135-163
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 40 (2011) 2
ISSN
1868-4874
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung