Rural relations and village self-governance

Author: Jin Taijun
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: The first part of this book reviews the origins, evolution, and rural relationships of China's since ancient times to understand the essence of rural organizational systems. It draws on the lessons learned from historical rural organizational development. The second part analyzes the grassroots governance structure of "local government in towns and village self-governance" formed in rural areas since the reform, focusing on the basic composition, respective responsibilities and authority of "local government in towns" and "village self-governance," as well as the existing problems and countermeasures. The third part focuses on the "local government in towns and village self-governance" structure that emerged since the 1980s. It examines the mutual influence between "local government in towns" and "village self-governance," the existing problems, and their underlying causes, based on several case studies of rural areas.