Kuai Integrating Tiao:Pressure Adjustment and Governance Resilience in the Operation of Township Governments——Based on the Case Study of Town F in Hubei Province
With the rapid development of economy and society,the township government is facing more and more governance affairs,and the pressure of governance continues to increase.In this context,the township government has realized the transformation from"segmentation"to"Kuai integrating Tiao"by ef-fectively integrating the stations under its jurisdiction into the township management system,so as to adjust and dissipate the increasing governance pressure.Based on the"Driver-Situation-Strategy"analytical framework,it is found that the strengthening of vertical government control and horizontal social accounta-bility squeezes the negative autonomy space of township governments and the misalignment of the allocation of rights and responsibilities of township governments are the main driving factors for Kuai integrating Tiao.The high dependence of the district station on the township government and the demand of the township government for"expanding power and increasing personnel"constitute the basic situation and conditions for the integration of the districts.Relying on the"structuring"of the subordinate relationship of the station in-to the internal organizational structure of the party building alliance,the"integration"of the daily life guar-antee of the station personnel by integrating resources,and the"synergy"of career promotion through the creation of incentives for the promotion and development of the station personnel,the township government finally realized the strategic process of incorporating all kinds of stations that are free from the township gov-ernment into the township management system.As a result,the governance capacity of township govern-ments has been enhanced,and the pressure on grassroots governance has decreased significantly.The spontaneous integration of Kuai integrating Tiao in townships reflects the resilience of China's multi-level unitary state structure at the end of the system,which can alleviate the governance pressure faced by the township government to a certain extent.Due to the rigid constraints of the system and the complex reality of grassroots governance,there is a limit to the institutional resilience highlighted by the spontaneous inte-gration of Kuai integrating Tiao in townships to the adjustment of governance pressure on township govern-ments,and the establishment of a simple and efficient grassroots management system also needs to start from the top-level design and promote the system reform from top to bottom.