The Evolution of Grassroots Governance Model in the Late Qing Dynasty:Centered around the Issue of Autonomous Elections in Urban and Rural Areas
The autonomy of urban and rural areas in the late Qing Dynasty was an important part of the reform of grassroots governance in modern countries.This institutional change profoundly changed the grassroots governance model and political ecology in China since modern times.The electoral system was an important component of urban and rural local autonomy.The impact and influence of this transplanted Western style electoral system on the grassroots political ecology of China at that time could not be underes-timated.The governance concept from a geopolitical perspective such as"residents'had replaced the old political discourse from a traditional identity perspective such as"subjects".Behind the establishment of the concept of"voters was the transplantation of the Western electoral system,which had led to significant changes in the sources and structures of power in grassroots governance.
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