Rural Digital Governance and Rural Collective Action
Improving the level of collective action is the key to solving the dilemma of public affairs governance.Digital governance platform construction is an important dimension of rural digital governance.Based on the rural household data of China Rural Revitalization Survey conducted in 2020,this paper examines the impact and mechanism of digital governance platform construction on rural collective action.The study finds that the construction of digital governance platform is conducive to promoting the participation of rural residents in collective action.The mechanism analysis shows that the construction of digital governance platform promotes rural collective action by enhancing the effectiveness of village rules and conventions,increasing the trust degree of rural residents,and expanding the social network of rural residents.Digital access ability and digital application ability are important factors affecting the use of digital governance platform by rural residents,and therefore become the boundary conditions for the construction of digital governance platform to promote rural residents to participate in collective action.When rural residents have high digital access ability and digital application ability,the construction of digital governance platform has a more significant impact on their participation in collective action.Based on this,the digitalization of rural governance should be comprehensively promoted from the dual dimensions of"accelerating platform construction"and"promoting farmers'utilization"in the future.