Electoral Events and Village Politics: Village Social Association and Village Resident Electoral Participation

Author: Tong Zhihui
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: How is the election carried out in the village? What is the significance of rural democracy for the rural society and farmers? This book tells the election stories of four villages, fully demonstrating the political situation in the village when encountering democracy for the first time and the actual state of villagers' participation. It analyzes the village social foundation of elite mobilization, factional participation, and family competition, as well as their complex impact on the process of rural democracy. Based on the above research, the author proposes the new conclusion that villagers' political participation is "relational participation." The perspective of "village social relations" and the concept of "relational participation" enrich the problem-oriented vision of rural political sociology and provide an important direction for improving the political participation practice of farmers.