Urban Community De-Administration Reform:Dimensions of Affairs,Functions,and Organization
In recent years,de-administration has been the basic approach in grassroots social governance reform.Some local governments have innovatively explored models such as"the separation between residents'committee and community service station""removing streets management to strengthen communities'management,""admission system of administrative affairs,"and"the linkage of communities,social organizations and social workers."However,due to a lack of comprehensiveness,reforms based on a single thread often inevitably fall into predicaments.Existing literature mainly focuses on discussing de-administration reform from the perspectives of state-society relations,urban community residents'committees,and classification of community affairs.These discussions have not effectively aligned with the complex systemic challenges faced by urban community de-administration reform.This article proposes a systematic framework for analyzing the de-administration reform of communities from a composite perspective of"affairs,functions,and organizations."Guided by this framework,it conducts a thorough examination and reflection on housing system reform and property management practices,community access systems,community burden reduction reforms,and the separation of residents'committee and the community service station.It finds that the effects of reforms based on a single logic lacking mutual coordination are limited.The marketization of housing system reforms and property services has opened up new spaces for communities to go beyond administrative control,yet it faces the challenge of weak support from homeowner organizations.While functional classification and access systems provide a basis for the de-administration of communities,without the coordination of organizational relationship reforms,administrative matters still penetrate organizational boundaries and enter the residents'committees.The separation of residents'committee and community service station provides an organizational foundation for de-administration,but due to a lack of systematic thinking,it has led to fragmentation.The triple-logic framework and the analysis of the reform process inspire future de-administration efforts to adhere to a composite reform strategy that concurrently implements"functional classification of community affairs,separation of residents'committee and community service station,and cultivation of resident self-governance capabilities."This is to be achieved through coordinated measures such as continuing to refine the classification catalog of community affairs and functions,reforming urban community relationships in conjunction with the catalog list,and focusing on cultivating the self-governing capabilities of residents'committees by addressing relevant interests and governance links.Compared to previous literature,this article makes expansions in the following three aspects:firstly,it proposes the analysis of community governance perspectives in complex ecosystems,believing that community governance is influenced by the dimensions of things,functions,and organizations.Urban community de-administration reform should be analyzed within these three dimensions,transcending simple linear thinking.Secondly,incorporating property management and homeowner self-governance into the analytical perspective of de-administration reform in urban communities,compared to previous studies that solely focused on the de-administration of community resident committees,this perspective broadens the scope of analysis and is more in line with the actual situation of urban communities.Thirdly,it is proposed that the de-administration reform in urban communities should adhere to the coordinated efforts of reforming affairs,functions,and building organizational capabilities,advancing holistically.A composite reform approach has been explored,which is based on the classification of affairs and functions,focused on the adjustment of organizational structures,and guided by fostering residents'self-governance,with all three aspects advancing in synergy.The study presented in this paper has,to a certain extent,revealed the affairs,functions,and organizational foundations of urban community governance in our country.It aids government departments in coordinating the advancement of community de-administration reforms while promoting the modernization of grassroots governance,thereby better enhancing the capability of community self-governance.
urban communitiesde-administrationgrassroots governancefunction and affairsorganizational logiccomprehensive reform
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