The Tradition of"Local Squire Governance"in China's Local Society Governance——From the Perspective of Mutual Construction of"the State Authority and the Society"
The tradition of"local squire governance"has played a historic and important part in the system of Chinese state governance,which has always been regarded as a special stratum with considerable social activity energy and as a real local authority who acts as a middle class in Chinese society and forms a critical dimension among the Chinese state governance system.Looking back on the process of local squires'origin and development,there have indeed existed the cases of"local tyrants and evil gentry"in certain periods of history.However,in general sense,local squires have mainly acted as a bridge to connect the state authority and the public,which has effectively avoided and retarded the conflicts rooted from the partition of the state authority and the public so that they have maintained the stability of the traditional society.Up to now,in the context of carrying forward the modernization of state governance system and state governance capacity,on one hand,finding out the excellent factors in the tradition of"local squire governance"can supply a localized governance experience for the deep exploration of Chinese state governance.On the other hand,hopefully,it can play a better part in"learning from history and educating people by politics".
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