How do Elites Promote Rural Environmental Governance:An Extended Case Study Based on the Waste Management of XZ Village
Rural environmental governance has the function of improving rural ecological environment and meeting people's expectations for a better life,and is critical to promoting rural revitalization and common prosperity.Scholars believe that"rural elite"plays an important role in it,but there is a lack of in-depth exploration of its action mechanism and logic.This paper makes an in-depth analysis of the historical case of Teacher T's promotion of garbage treatment in XY village,and finds that along the practice path of driving multiple participation,driving classification,and promoting iterative upgrading,rural elites have explored an effective model of garbage classification in rural areas and promoting sustainable development.Based on this,this paper summarizes four theoretical propositions from four dimensions of"system-organization-action-maintenance"by extended case method:First,by adapting to the general trend of national development strategy and promoting system creation in accordance with local conditions,rural elites can create a favorable macro environment and micro space for rural environmental governance.Second,on the basis of actively embedding in the original structure of the village,rural elites can promote the construction of the organizational community of rural environmental governance through activating social capital,strengthening emotional connection,leading cooperation and other strategies.Third,through the"demonstration effect"and the"pull effect"of all-round empowerment,rural elites can realize the value shaping and action ability improvement of the main body of rural environmental governance.Fourth,while skillfully using the"leverage effect"of successful experience to ignite the enthusiasm of the main body of rural environmental governance,rural elites must strengthen self-restraint to form a"ratchet effect"to prevent rural elite's dependence and governance regression.Thus,it reveals the theory and logic of rural elite to promote rural environmental governance.