Organization and Management of Urban Community Organizations in China

Author: Zhang Junfang
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book takes the major changes triggered by China's social transformation since the 1990s as its starting point for reflection and systematically examines the historical context of urban community spatial organization and management both domestically and internationally. It reveals the profound impact of different cultural traditions on contemporary urban community management in China. Meanwhile, the author conducts an empirical study on the urban community spatial organization and management of Tianjin's Hexi District, where they once worked. Focusing on ten key reflections on China's urban spatial organization and management, the book proposes and analyzes some inescapable issues in China's urban community spatial organization and management. On this basis, the author puts forward a new goal for China's urban community organizational management transformation—"good governance," which includes an "internalization-based" urban community spatial organization and management concept system centered around establishing "four concepts" and building "eight platforms," as well as an "classification-based" urban community spatial organization and management operational system that involves "distinguishing community types, transforming government functions, identifying management entities, clarifying community responsibilities, implementing classified management, and cultivating soil for self-governance." This book offers a unique perspective, is rich in data, stays at the forefront of theory, and presents innovative cases, making it suitable for a wide range of readers, including urban planners and managers, community workers, and professionals in schools and research institutions.