Study on the Inadequate Social Participation and its Formative Mechanisms from the Perspective of Rational Choice
Social participation is crucial to the modernization of the social governance system.The phenomenon of social participation in China is one that the government is keen to promote,however the people's willingness to partici-pate is weak and insufficient.By mobilizing a rational choice theory perspective and the analytical framework of Cole-man's Boat,it can be found that individuals make rational calculations based on costs and benefits when choosing ac-tions for social participation.Here,a series of mechanisms related to China's modernization have a situational impact on such rational calculations,such as urbanization,industrialization,and widespread internet access,while the"free-rider ef-fect"and"threshold effect"also affect social participation as a collective action.The"entire-population participation"and"mobilized participation"in policy practice should be further considered,and the negative effects of social participa-tion should also be noted.
Rational ChoiceInsufficient Social ParticipationCommunity GovernanceModernization
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