Moderate Connection and Effective Governance:The Logic of Community Construction
An ideal community is characterized by extensive public participation,ensuring that the voices of all members are adequately heard and respected.However,the legitimacy and effectiveness of community governance come under scrutiny when it is disproportionately influ-enced by a few core members.This study employs a longitudinal ethnographic approach to ad-dress these concerns,with City S serving as the primary case study.Prior to 2021,decision-mak-ing in key community areas of City S was often unilaterally executed by a select few.Post-2021,the community began integrating the principles of deliberative democracy with social work meth-odologies,thereby embedding the theoretical frameworks of whole-process people's democracy and biopolitics.Moderate connection served as a crucial intermediary in this integration,signifi-cantly boosting broad-based participation and ensuring the protection and recognition of commu-nity members'life-related rights within the decision-making process.This approach fostered the development of a model that aligns with the principles of optimal community governance.The findings demonstrate that leveraging moderate connection to achieve effective governance encap-sulates the fundamental logic in constructing a robust community commonwealth.
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