Rigid and Flexible:An Explanatory Framework of the Construction of Neighborhood Governance Community:A Case Study of X Community In C City
The construction of neighborhood governance community is essentially a process of reshaping govern-ance structure and embedding governance value,involving both rigid elements such as structure,rules and technol-ogy,and flexible elements such as emotion,culture and spirit.Existing studies follow the logic of"subject—struc-ture—action"or"interest—emotion—culture",respectively discussing the role of rigid elements or flexible ele-ments in the construction of neighborhood governance community,but don't fully explain how these two elements cooperate to construct the neighborhood governance community.Taking X community in C City as an example,this paper presents the process and strategic characteristics of constructing a neighborhood governance community and constructs an explanatory framework of the construction of a neighborhood governance community.The framework includes fundamental rigid elements and auxiliary flexible elements,among which the rigid elements delimit the be-havioral boundary,and the flexible elements provide the inner bonding.They complement each other.By the combi-nation of external rigidity and internal flexibility,the neighborhood governance community is endowed with interac-tion and initiative,and by melting rigid elements by flexible elements,the neighborhood governance community is endowed with legitimacy and action power.
Neighborhood Governance CommunitySocial Governance InnovationRigid and Flexible