Journal articles: 'Grassroots governance'

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Li, Junjie, Guohui Zhan, Xin Dai, Meng Qi, and Bangfan Liu. "Innovation and Optimization Logic of Grassroots Digital Governance in China under Digital Empowerment and Digital Sustainability." Sustainability 14, no. 24 (December 8, 2022): 16470. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142416470.

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In the digital age, digital resources are naturally sustainable, and they have become the basic technologies and platforms by which to maintain the sustainable development of the social economy. At a time when global epidemic prevention and control are becoming increasingly dynamic, digital empowerment has become a basic tool by which to promote sustainable social and economic development. In terms of digital empowerment, grassroots digital empowerment has become the most critical and urgent link to strengthen. In this study, a literature analysis using CiteSpace and NVivo software shows that the research prospects of grassroots digital governance are broad, but there is a lack of communication and cooperation between the research subjects, and a cooperative network of close and benign interaction has not been formed. There are many hot topics in the research, mainly focusing on five aspects: digitalization, grassroots governance, digital governance, digital technology, and digital countryside. The theme of these papers is changing to digital empowerment, technology empowerment, and “digital intelligence governance”. These characteristics and problems correspond to the practice of digital governance at the grassroots level in China. Therefore, in the theory and practice of Chinese grassroots digital governance, we must adhere to the problem-oriented principle and take “problem-driven” as the basic logic of grassroots digital governance. At the same time, it is necessary to consider the complexity of China’s grassroots communities and the stages of governance technology, adhere to the principles of integrated development and collaborative innovation, and take “mixed governance” as the main logic of grassroots digital governance. Generally speaking, we should realize optimization in the innovation of grassroots digital governance from three aspects, namely, strengthening the integration of grassroots digital systems, improving the ability to solve the problems of digital governance, and advancing the transformation of grassroots digital governance with incremental governance logic.

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Wang, Yehe, Yao Wen, Yanchi Jin, Lifeng Miao, and Yushi Wang. "How Does Technology Empowerment Activate the “Collaborative Inertia” of Grassroots Governance- Systematic Study Based on the Case of “Black Tea Council” in the H Street, Hangzhou." BCP Business & Management 29 (October 12, 2022): 508–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpbm.v29i.2317.

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The modernization of grassroots governance is an important foundation for promoting the modernization of state governance. Solving the rigid dilemma faced by the current grassroots governance mechanism and activating the “collaborative inertia” of grassroots pluralistic democratic consultative governance up against technology empowerment can stimulate the activity of grassroots governance, improve governance efficiency, and enrich the theoretical connotation of state governance modernization. Based on the case of the “Black Tea Council” in H Street of Hangzhou, this paper analyzes the innovation of theory and technology in the practice process from the perspective of the choice of governance subject and the determination of management mode. It is found that technology is used to enhance residents’ deliberation ability and enthusiasm for participation, dynamically debug the logical strategy of collaborative resolution of contradictions and disputes, and strengthen the overall concept and humanistic thought of “from an entity to entirety”. Moreover, technology can also grasp the “key minority” to focus on problems and avoid technical alienation and formalism, so as to finally realize the orderly and effective solution to grassroots governance problems.

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Zhou, Ping. "Community of primary-level: governance forming logic, realistic dilemma and construction paths-focus on less developed areas." SHS Web of Conferences 145 (2022): 01001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202214501001.

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One of the working principles of promoting the modernization of primary-level governance system and governance capacity is: “basing on collaboration, participation, and benefit sharing and fostering a community of primary-level governance in which responsibilities are shared and duly fulfilled, and achievements are enjoyed by all.” Based on this, we deeply analyzed its profound connotation, forming logic and realistic predicament, put forward the practical path of building grassroots governance community, which aims to provide a framework explanation for cultivating a consciousness of grassroots community, condensing value consensus and promoting grassroots governance efficiency.

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Goyal, Megha, and Nagendra Ambedkar Sole. "Urban Grassroot Governance and Women Leadership: Progress, Issues and Alternatives." International Journal of Governance & Development 02, no. 02 (2022): 01–07. http://dx.doi.org/10.55478/ijgd.2022.2201.

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In this study extent of impact that urban women leaders can assert in urban local political dynamics was analyzed. The study sought to gain an insight into what impact their political representation and leadership styles had on the affiliated self-governing institutions and grassroot governance in last 75 years of Independence. This study thus presents an exhaustive review of the studies of how the urban grassroots were empowered with imbibing gender equality at grassroots through increasing political representation and leadership of women, the challenges further and suggest a direction for future developments. Based on the analysis, now is the present to focus on women's leadership in decision making institutions from mere representation or allegiance to women's empowerment for a logical concatenation. Having more women leaders with transformational leadership style in urban self-governing institutions will have a ripple effect on not only improving grassroot democracies but also bridging the gender gap to meet the sustainable developmental goal gender equality target by 2030, by imbibing inclusivity and shifting focus towards issues of priority and social development. Further, a theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed. Directions for future studies could focus on the development of motivators to empower urban women leaders in urban India.

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Ng, Boon-Kwee, Chan-Yuan Wong, and Mary Grace P. Santos. "Grassroots innovation: Scenario, policy and governance." Journal of Rural Studies 90 (February 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.01.004.

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Hawes, Jason K., Anna Erwin, Brooke McWherter, Rebecca Nixon, Ruxandra Popovici, Meagan Rathjen, and Zhao Ma. "A Review of Grassroots Global Governance." Society & Natural Resources 32, no. 11 (April 13, 2019): 1330–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1602239.

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Jing, Dengpeng. "The Party Building Leads the Innovative Exploration of Grassroots Governance in Rural Pastoral Areas under the Concept of Co-governance." Scientific and Social Research 3, no. 5 (November 5, 2021): 125–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.36922/ssr.v3i5.1232.

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With the rapid development of society and economy, grassroots organizations in rural pastoral areas are an important part of party building, shouldering the mission of implementing party policies, and playing an important role in leading herdsmen to fight poverty and realize basic modernization in rural areas. The mission and responsibilities of grassroots party organizations in rural and pastoral areas are undergoing profound changes. Strengthening the construction of grassroots party organizations in rural and pastoral areas will help promote the relationship between the party and the masses, cadres and the masses in rural and pastoral areas, and promote the establishment of party organizations in rural and pastoral areas. At present, grassroots party building in rural pastoral areas is facing new challenges, such as insufficient party organization building, and unclear power boundaries between party organizations and villagers’ autonomous organizations. Only by accelerating the construction of infrastructure and public services in rural pastoral areas and doing a good job in the construction of rural grassroots party organizations can improve the level of party building in rural pastoral areas and promote the basic modernization of rural areas.

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Wong, Siu Wai, Bo-sin Tang, and Jinlong Liu. "Village Elections, Grassroots Governance and the Restructuring of State Power: An Empirical Study in Southern Peri-urban China." China Quarterly 241 (August 1, 2019): 22–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741019000808.

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AbstractChina's urbanization has revitalized grassroots governance under which millions of villagers have become increasingly keen to participate in grassroots elections and influence decision making in their village affairs. To maintain its political legitimacy over a rapidly transforming society, the authoritarian party-state has progressively promoted open, competitive grassroots elections in response to the increasing demand by villagers for more public participation. Based on in-depth field research in urbanizing villages in southern China, this article provides an empirical analysis of how the local state has adopted different interventionist strategies in elections to support villagers’ active participation while sustaining its direct leadership over daily village governance. Our findings explain why the recent development of open and transparent grassroots elections is reinforcing the ruling capacity of the socialist state rather than enhancing self-governance and grassroots democracy, although villagers now have more opportunities to defend their economic and social rights through elections.

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Zhang, Meng. "Research on innovation of Rural grassroots Governance driven by New Township talents from the perspective of “Internet +." E3S Web of Conferences 189 (2020): 01021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202018901021.

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“Internet +” is a further practical result of Internet thinking, which promotes the continuous evolution of economic forms, thus driving the vitality of social and economic entities and providing a broad network platform for reform, innovation and development. At the same time, the role of the new townsfolk in the construction of the new countryside includes the governance of the rural grass-roots level, which gradually attracts extensive attention from all walks of life. Aims to explore the prevention and get rid of rural grassroots governance crisis, the sustainable way to maintain close ties with the masses, for the revitalization of the construction of rural areas, to guide the new follow villager boost rural grass-roots governance, because new follow villager unique localism and moral superiority, this system research problem related to new follow villager and rural grassroots governance is needed urgently. Social governance at the rural grass-roots level is the social foundation for rural revitalization. Without effective social governance at the grass-roots level, the strategy of rural revitalization will not be fully realized.”Internet + Governance” is the only way to realize the modernization of grassroots governance. It is also a stepping stone for grassroots governments to use technological means to closely integrate democratic governance with the well-being of the people. It not only realizes the people-oriented care of people, but also reflects the governing principle of the rule of law.

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Yan, Yuqiao. "Analysis of the Requirements of Modernization of China's Social Governance System." BCP Social Sciences & Humanities 16 (March 26, 2022): 232–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/bcpssh.v16i.465.

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With the development of the Internet, the social governance model is changing from one-way management to two-way interaction, from offline to online-offline integration, and from simple government supervision to paying more attention to social collaborative governance, which requires the construction of a new pattern of grassroots social governance. Improve the institutionalized channels of mass participation in grass-roots social governance. We will improve the urban and rural grass-roots governance system that combines autonomy, rule of law and rule of virtue under the leadership of party organizations, improve the community management and service mechanism, implement grid management and service, give play to the role of mass organizations and social organizations, give play to the self-discipline function of trade associations and chambers of commerce, realize the benign interaction between government governance and social regulation, and residents' autonomy, and consolidate the foundation of grass-roots social governance. Accelerate the modernization of urban social governance. Promote social governance and service focus to the grassroots level, sink more resources to the grassroots level, and better provide accurate and refined services. Specifically, the requirements for the construction of governance system can be analyzed into four requirements: intelligent governance, participatory governance, municipal governance and media governance.

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Acharya, Keshav Kumar. "Evaluating Institutional Capability of Nepali Grassroots Organizations for Service Delivery Functions." Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology 11 (December 31, 2017): 60–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/dsaj.v11i0.18823.

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Grassroots organizations are well situated to deliver the services and implement the development activities at community level in Nepal. The development of grassroots organizations on the one hand enables the effective service delivery while it enhances community governance system on the other. This study analyses the institutional capability of grassroots level organizations in relation to their service delivery and the study is based on primary and secondary data. One hundred and ten grassroots level organizations were chosen for organizational survey, and three focus group discussions were employed to supplement survey data. The Composite Index (CI) method was employed to analyze the data that shows overall capability of grassroots organizations remained efficient (CI = 0.77). Empirical findings indicate that many grassroots organizations were more committed to work as agents of change through institutional norms, rules and values. Nevertheless, some grassroots organizations were facing institutional crises, influenced by socio-economic power structure, and resource paucity. Following the discussion of results, this study recommends governance measure for efficient capability of grassroots organizations.Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.11, 2017; 60-95

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OHUCHI, Tazuko. "Skills of Self-Governance for Grassroots Organizations." Japanese Sociological Review 49, no. 4 (1998): 513–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.4057/jsr.49.513.

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Daun, Holger. "Globalized Educational Governance, Decentralization and Grassroots Responses." World Studies in Education 9, no. 2 (January 1, 2008): 23–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.7459/wse/09.2.03.

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Palanithurai, G. "Women in Governance for Development at Grassroots." Indian Journal of Public Administration 50, no. 1 (January 2004): 347–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556120040135.

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Palanithurai, G. "Ethical Governance and Society: Concerns at Grassroots." Indian Journal of Public Administration 59, no. 3 (July 2013): 632–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556120130319.

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Wong, Siu Wai, Bo-sin Tang, Jinlong Liu, Ming Liang, and Winky K. O. Ho. "From “decentralization of governance” to “governance of decentralization”: Reassessing income inequality in periurban China." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 53, no. 6 (January 19, 2021): 1473–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308518x20988013.

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Grassroots village organizations are crucial for understanding the interplay between the decentralization of state power and growing income inequality in periurban China. Based on a study of 380 shareholding cooperatives and 43 administrative villages in Guangdong, we examine how state policy has interacted with village institutions to determine the management and distribution of collective income among villagers. Our findings suggest that the decentralization of power over collective asset management and distribution to these grassroots organizations did not cause a retreat in the state’s capacity for strategic intervention and local regulatory controls. Rather, the state made continued attempts to regain power over village governance through institutional formalization. Such interventions enhanced the access of villagers to state welfare. However, they worsened income disparities among villagers by undermining the village redistributive mechanism based on informal rules.

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Yang, Yingzhu, and Fengsheng Wu. "The Sustainability of the Project-Driven Innovation of Grassroots Governance: Influencing Factors and Combination Paths." Sustainability 14, no. 24 (December 15, 2022): 16862. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142416862.

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Governance innovation is an important topic in public administration research. Based on the empirical evidence of governance innovation in China, this paper analyzes the pathways to the sustainability of project-driven innovation in urban grassroots governance and reveals its complex causal relationships. Using the selected cases, a multidimensional analysis framework is constructed, and the qualitative comparative analysis method of fuzzy sets is used. It is found that there are three combined paths for the sustainability of innovation, namely dependent development, social embeddedness and government–society cooperation. The first two paths are the most common for the sustainability of innovation, and they cover most of the selected cases. Case tracking also reveals that innovation driven by project operation can stimulate the behavior of grassroots governance innovation, but it does not guarantee the sustainability of the innovation. The sustainability of innovation requires more mobilization of the grassroots society to enhance social embeddedness. Moreover, this study results provide inspiration for the sustainability of innovation in the later stages of projects.

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Sultana, Razia, Thomas Birtchnell, and Nicholas Gill. "Grassroots Innovation for Urban Greening within a Governance Vacuum by Slum Dwellers in Dhaka." Sustainability 14, no. 18 (September 16, 2022): 11631. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141811631.

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The nature-based solutions of slumdwellers are paramount to the ongoing integrity of major cities in the global South. The paper investigates the urban-greening decision-making of slum citizens whose civic participation finds support in shared governance initiatives: non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs). The background informing the conceptual framework guiding this research derives from socio-technical transitions scholarship on critical niches in grassroots innovations. The objective of this research is to examine how slum dwellers are implementing urban greening in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The research considers how slum dwellers manage a governance vacuum through civic participation with NGOs and CBOs. The methods in this study comprise qualitative fieldwork in Dhaka and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders and citizens. The research findings show that a governance vacuum requires an adjustment to the perspective on grassroots innovations to endure in the global South in contexts where there is limited opportunity locally for intermediaries to achieve scale. There is a limit to the extent that the critical niches perspective applies to grassroots innovations in greening Dhaka’s slums; therefore, we contribute nuance as a refinement to the approach. The study offers a complementary explanatory framework for how NGOs, CBOs and other intermediaries at the grassroots contend with, and even thrive within, a vacuum of governance in the enactment of urban greening in Dhaka’s slum settlements.

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Ram, P. Raghu. "A Critique of ‘Governance’ from the Grassroots Perspective." Indian Journal of Public Administration 52, no. 4 (October 2006): 746–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556120060402.

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Xia, Min. "Social Capital and Rural Grassroots Governance in China." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 40, no. 2 (June 2011): 135–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810261104000206.

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This article examines the impacts of two types of social capital – bonding and bridging – upon the performance of grassroots self-government institutions in rural China, based on an original survey of 410 villages throughout the whole of China. The findings indicate that, on the one hand, bonding social capital still has a very solid foundation in the rural areas of China. On the other, bridging social capital is in formation in Chinese villages, even though the stock of bridging social capital is currently very moderate. Moreover, this study finds that bridging social capital, as manifested in general trust and inclusive social networks, positively affected the governance performance of each surveyed village. Yet, bonding social capital, as manifested in particular trust and exclusive social networks, tends to negatively impact the performance of Chinese rural governance. These findings help clarify some theoretical issues about, and shed some light on the prospects of, the rural self-governance system in China.

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Huhe, Narisong, Jie Chen, and Min Tang. "Social trust and grassroots governance in rural China." Social Science Research 53 (September 2015): 351–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.010.

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O’Toole, Kevin. "Community governance in rural Victoria: Rethinking grassroots democracy?" Rural Society 16, no. 3 (January 2006): 303–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/rsj.351.16.3.303.

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Martin, Deborah G. "Nonprofit Foundations and Grassroots Organizing: Reshaping Urban Governance*." Professional Geographer 56, no. 3 (August 1, 2004): 394–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.05603008.x.

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Luo, Jing, and Chao Zhang. "Seeking Self-Governance: From Grassroots Mobilization to Movement Mobilization." China Nonprofit Review 7, no. 2 (November 20, 2015): 329–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18765149-12341298.

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Villagers’ autonomy has been an important focus of Chinese studies on village governance and examining how villagers gain autonomy is critical to the addressing of villages’ problems. Based on the Wukan case, this paper examines why the villagers demanded democratic elections and how they acquire self-governance to run the village together through the efforts to express their collective interests. Focusing on the mobilization path, this paper argues that the process leading to self-governance involves the mobilization of organizational resources such as village elites and organizational structure as well as the “emotional resource” of cohesion, i.e. a sense of identity as part of an organization. Furthermore, self-governance acquired through mobilization only works when there is a proper organizational framework for its operation, otherwise it will become latent again.

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HE, BAOGANG. "The Theory and Practice of Chinese Grassroots Governance: Five Models." Japanese Journal of Political Science 4, no. 2 (November 2003): 293–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1468109903001105.

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Theories of governance and Chinese understandingsThere is a vast and eclectic literature about many forms of governance, including markets, bureaucratic hierarchies, associations and different types of networks. The Commission on Global Governance, for example, defines governance as ‘the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs. It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and cooperative action may be taken. It includes formal institutions and regimes empowered to enforce compliance, as well as informal arrangements that people and institutions either have agreed to or perceive to be in their interest’. Thus, ‘at the global level, governance has been viewed primarily as intergovernmental relationships, but it must now be understood as also involving non-governmental organizations (NGOs), citizens' movements, multinational corporations and the global mass of dramatically enlarged influence’.

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Masue, Orest Sebastian, and Idda Lyatonga Swai. "From state control to network governance of primary education in Tanzania: has local empowerment been attained?" Journal of Public Administration and Governance 5, no. 1 (April 2, 2015): 92. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jpag.v5i1.7169.

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Abstract Governance networks have recently become popular and apparently indispensable in public administration especially due to the fact that we are operating in the context of complex, fragmented and multi-layered societies. The purpose of this theoretical paper is to (1) delineate the concept of governance in terms of its three distinct modes (state control, market and networks/pluralist modes), (2) show how governance of primary education in Tanzania has changed along these three modes of governance and (3) comment on whether the change in the mode of governance of Primary Education in Tanzania from state control to governance networks has led to empowerment of the people at the grassroots levels. Our observation in this paper is that the move from the state control to network governance mode is too theoretical, and has not sufficiently led to empowerment of people at the grassroots levels in the governance of primary education. Therefore, this paper calls upon the state to willingly change radically from its culture from hierarchical control to authentic local empowerment.

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Qian, Xingyu, Yuanqing Cai, and Chengzhi Yin. "Driving Force of Grassroots Self-governance in Beijing’s Neighborhoods: Social Capital, Community Network and Community Service Motivation." Lex localis - Journal of Local Self-Government 17, no. 1 (January 20, 2019): 159–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.4335/17.1.159-177(2019).

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Placed at the bottom of China’s urban governance system, residents’ committees led by street offices are not only responsible for welfare provision but also imposing sociopolitical control on residents at grassroots society. With a large number of floating population flooding into Beijing in recent years, the demographic structure of its neighborhoods becomes increasingly diversified, which is likely to cause some latent social instabilities. Consequently, more and more residents’ committees are authorized to establish community work stations to underpin the function of grassroots governance and shift administrative responsibilities from superior governments. Since urban neighborhoods in China are actually an acquaintance society in the “differential mode of association (差序格局)”, the self-enforcement and self-governance of community work station depends on acquaintanceship and interaction between local residents, residents’ committees and community work stations. This article intends to explore the operation of grassroots self-governance by a case of Panjiayuan Neighborhood in Chaoyang District of Beijing. The empirical study based on mixed methods of qualitative interview and quantitative survey has revealed that community work stations led by resident’s committees is an arena of self-governance and its operational mechanism is driven by social capital under the mediator of community network, within which social capital will be accumulated and proliferated in the neighborhood, and resident’s motivation for voluntary cooperation will be intensified as well.

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Sun, Yuting. "Substantive Legitimacy: Action Strategy of Grassroots Organizations." China Nonprofit Review 8, no. 1 (May 21, 2016): 67–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18765149-12341306.

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Over recent years, grassroots organizations develop rapidly in China and have aroused attention of the academia. Given the lack of their legal legitimacy, how the grassroots organizations endeavor to survive and develop by leveraging relevant activity strategies is a subject worth in-depth research. This article, through a case study of a bird protection union in D City, finds that the grassroots organizations pursue substantive legitimacy via strategies targeting two aspects, namely, the entity that endows the legitimacy and the value judgment. Such strategies that arise from the interaction between the grassroots organizations and the government as well as society hold a non-negligible significance for social governance in China.

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Dragovic, Sonja. "Common action: Can grassroots initiatives propel territorial governance in Montenegro?" European Spatial Research and Policy 28, no. 2 (December 30, 2021): 83–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1231-1952.28.2.05.

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In recent years, grassroots organising has become important in advocating for the interests of local communities in spatial development processes in the Balkans. Though differing in terms of size, focus, and method, these initiatives seek to articulate dissatisfaction with the existing models of spatial governance, and to imagine, propose, and demand more just and inclusive alternatives. This paper focuses on grassroots activism contesting the top-down model of governing space in Montenegro. Based on a case-study analysis, it traces developments in the forms of organising and degrees of influence of three distinct initiatives, examining what their impact on the development of territorial governance approach may be.

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Ray, Madhumita. "Identifying Bottlenecks in Grassroots Governance-A Case from Odisha." Dynamics of Public Administration 34, no. 1 (2017): 62. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-0733.2017.00006.2.

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Palanithurai, G. "Administrative Competency Framework for Effective Governance at Grassroots Level." Indian Journal of Public Administration 58, no. 3 (July 2012): 508–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0019556120120320.

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Mishra, Aparimita, and Deepak K. Mishra. "Gender, ethnicity, and grassroots governance in Arunachal Pradesh, India." Asian Journal of Women's Studies 22, no. 2 (April 2, 2016): 147–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2016.1182306.

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Van Puyvelde, Stijn, Gert Huybrechts, Jurgen Willems, Marc Jegers, Jemima Bidee, Tim Vantilborgh, and Roland Pepermans. "Optimal membership size and the governance of grassroots associations." Social Science Journal 52, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 141–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2014.11.002.

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Lin, Xu, Song Chengcheng, and Wang Shizong. "Multiple Social Networks in Grassroots Governance in Rural China." Social Sciences in China 39, no. 3 (July 3, 2018): 26–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02529203.2018.1483093.

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Wang, Shuna, and Yao Yang. "Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance: Evidence from Rural China." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2, no. 5 (2010): 7164–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.05.069.

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Wang, Shuna, and Yang Yao. "Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance: Evidence from Rural China." World Development 35, no. 10 (October 2007): 1635–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.10.014.

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Wei (魏程琳), Chenglin, and Yansen Ding (丁岩森). "Villager Groups and Self-Governance in China: Power, Incentives, and Risk Prevention." Rural China 18, no. 2 (August 13, 2021): 224–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22136746-12341275.

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Abstract Building a modern grassroots governance system synchronized with national development has become a significant part of China’s rural revitalization strategy. To cope with the overlapping of property rights, social identities, and work and living space in China’s villages, the villager group 村民小组 has been endowed with relatively complete governance power. Regional social networks, the moral constraints of reputation in the village, and the administrative incentives provided by the government constitute the incentive structure of villager group governance. At the same time, granting group cadres official authority and social power enables them to better coordinate the relationship between state and society, safeguard the rights and interests of villagers in the group, and provide low-cost public goods through their structural position in “the last kilometer” 最后一公里. However, they may also bring about the political risk of group confrontation, the economic risk of embezzling collective assets, and the moral risk of negligence and political inertia. To ward off these risks requires strengthening the leadership of grassroots party organizations, making full use of social supervision, ensuring that cadres operate in an open and above-board fashion, and introducing the notion of the rule of law, thus forming a compound risk-prevention mechanism for grassroots power and building a solid foundation for national governance.

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Poudyal, Bishnu Hari, Govinda Paudel, and Harisharan Luintel. "Enhancing REDD+ Outcomes through Improved Governance of Community Forest Groups." Journal of Forest and Livelihood 11, no. 2 (September 14, 2013): 14–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v11i2.8618.

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Since forests are both source and sink of carbon, scholars have suggested reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, including conservation and sustainable management of forest and enhancement of forest carbon stock (REDD+) to be part of climate negotiation. Studies have shown that forests can play a role in reducing emissions in a cheaper, quicker and effective way, while generating important co-benefits, including biodiversity conservation and watershed management. However, governance that shapes relations between different stakeholders at grassroots level has been shown to be a crucial issue in managing local forests in a way that sequester more carbon from, and emit less of it to, the atmosphere. The authors of this paper argue that the lessons gained at community forest user group (CFUG) level regarding forest governance could be useful in designing a REDD+ governance structure at grassroots level. For this, both positive lessons and challenges faced so far could be documented, analyzed, synthesized and shared at broader level. REDD+, being an external intervention to local communities, can bring a range of challenges that influence the governance dynamics. However, if the programme is managed carefully, CFUGs are capacitated adequately and governed collaboratively, REDD+ may bring synergistic outcomes with existing community forestry at grassroots level, particularly by bringing both environmental and livelihood benefits.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jfl.v11i2.8618 Journal of Forestry and Livelihood Vol.11(2) 2013 14-26

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Mishra, Aparimita. "Multiple Marginalities: A Study of Participation of Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in Arunachal Pradesh." Social Change 48, no. 4 (December 2018): 558–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049085718801444.

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This article examines the context and implications of increasing participation of women in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) in Arunachal Pradesh. The key question that is addressed is whether inclusion of women in grassroots-level governance expands the scope for a more inclusive governance. The findings of the study suggest that the mere representation of women in decentralised governance is not enough to bring any qualitative change in local politics so far as inclusiveness is concerned. In the presence of multiple marginalities and multiple forms of exclusion, positive discrimination in one domain has not been able to create a ripple effect in addressing other forms of exclusion. With all its potential as an agent of change, women’s reservation in PRIs remains firmly anchored in the patriarchal politics of identity. The study finds that reservation for women in PRIs, although an important step towards gender equality, has failed to create the ground for a more inclusive form of grassroots governance.

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Olaiya, Taiwo A. "Governance and Constitutional Issues in the Nigerian Local Governments." Journal of Politics and Law 9, no. 1 (February 28, 2016): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jpl.v9n1p21.

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A challenge gaining momentous notoriety in the discourse of governance crisis is the pattern of underperformance at the grassroots. This paper delved critically into the factors that accounts for this oft-touted performance crisis, with emphasis on areas of the discourse not hitherto examined. Focusing on peculiar characteristic of the Nigerian state, its ‘unitarised’ federalism occasioned by prolonged military administrations, regional politicking, and constitutional subjugation into excessive control from the component units, the paper interrogated what the fates of the local government might have portend were contrary to be the cases. Added to this is the pervasive corrupt environment and administrative bottlenecks under which the local government administration in Nigeria is subjected. The paper concluded, among others, that proper devolution of powers is critical to enhanced service delivery at the grassroots in Nigeria.

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Faheem, Dr Mohd. "Grassroots Democracy and Local Governance Issues: Perspective from Rural India." Remittances Review 8, no. 1 (November 19, 2022): 21–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.47059/rr.v8i1.rr80003.

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India is a country of vast villages where two-third of population of India resides. India is a largest, vibrant and functional democracy. The local self-government system of Panchayati Raj was introduced in the constitution of India through the 73rd Amendment in which the village life extensively runs in a democratic way through the decentralization approach. This 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act brings out a vital change in rural life holistically for the objective of ‘Empowering People for Prosperity’. India has nearly 3.1 million elected members through more than 250,000 local government units. Local government authorities have the authority to create development plans for the areas, with the aim of fostering social justice and local economic development. The implementation challenges of policies and programs before the local government and the also the role of local elites, politically powerful groups, bureaucratic society and private enterprises to become for providing good governance for the development of rural areas. By using the secondary based data to find out the local government system and governance in India. This paper reveals forward states provide good governance through the local government in the core areas of development with execution of plans in rural India and on the other hand, backward states are lack in governance due to nature the corruption laden politics exist in that states. This study sums up with the significance of grassroots democracy and its role in the development of rural India and at the same time to highlights the hurdle in the governance ecosystem of local governments in rural India.

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Du, Lele, and Gaoyue Zhang. "Research Progress and Practice of Grassroots Grid Management in China." Frontiers in Science and Engineering 2, no. 8 (August 24, 2022): 28–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/fse.v2i8.1721.

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Grid management realizes administrative subsidence, structural integration and resource coordination through the subdivision of spatial scope, and gradually integrates the characteristics of refinement, informatization and service, and builds a governance model that can promote the benign interaction of grass-roots society. This paper mainly discusses the development status quo of the transformation of grassroots grid management from control type to governance type, and then to service type. Combined with China's practical experience, it introduces the innovative application of grid management in Dongcheng District of Beijing, Zhoushan City of Zhejiang Province, Pukou District of Nanjing city and Dongguan City of Guangdong Province, with a view to improving the grassroots administrative management mechanism and system.

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Olaiya, Taiwo Akanbi. "Humanitarian Action and Intra-Continental Migrant Children’s Education: Evidence from the Governance at the Grassroots in Nigeria." Public Administration Research 9, no. 2 (August 8, 2020): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/par.v9n2p1.

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How does humanitarian action at the grassroots shape support for children of intra-continental migrant? Despite a large volume of research outputs and public policy advocacy on migration, there has been little work on the crucial nexus between local humanitarian efforts and migrant children’s educational needs. Conceptually, we viewed humanitarian action beyond the traditional definition as a tool for emergency response. We included efforts aimed at dignifying migrant children with basic education and enhancement of their integration in the new location. Cross-sectional data obtained from agencies of government at the grassroots were employed to measure the effects of local humanitarian action on the education of migrant children. The finding showed that institutionalised humanitarian efforts provide real-time support for basic education of migrant children. Also, burdensome obligations and lack of financial independence for governance at the grassroots curtailed the magnitude of assistance rendered by local authorities. Using Talcott Parson’s functionalist theory, we suggested three mutually transformative approaches. First, constraints by the upper levels of government– State and Federal tiers– exacerbate financial incapacitation and, ultimately, impede humanitarian effort at the grassroots. Second, provision of critical humanitarian needs, such as migrant children’s education, fosters social integration and crime control among migrants. Finally, intra-continental migration is not debased by acculturation. The findings showcase the need for strengthening the financial capacity of governance at the grassroots to reinforce common interests between migrants and host communities.

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Shengyue, Zhong. "A Study on Urban Grassroots Risk Governance System from the Perspective of Social Governance." Frontiers of Management 4, no. 1 (2022): 26–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.35534/fm.0401003.

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Yi, Taimin, and Su Kab Kim. "A Study of Approach of Rule of Law in Primary-level Governance in Rural China - Focus on the proxy voting system in the village committee -." LAW RESEARCH INSTITUTE CHUNGBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 33, no. 2 (December 30, 2022): 53–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.34267/cblj.2022.33.2.53.

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The state's attention to the development of democracy has never ceased, and the development of democracy at the grassroots level in the countryside has never been slackened. The method of governance at the grass-roots level of rural areas has undergone many changes, and has finally been realized through mass self-government at the grass-roots level, and has become the basic political system of China. Village committees, as grassroots governance organizations, are directly elected by villagers with voter qualifications. Whether the village committee can represent the interests of the villagers and administer the grass-roots for the villagers depends on whether the voters' will to elect the village committee is reflected directly and completely. Improving the quality of the election process is also a precondition for the quality of the election results. Regarding the phenomenon of proxy voting in the electoral process, with the improvement of democratic awareness in recent years and the improvement of legal awareness, we have gradually realized that the proxy voting system has an impact on the authenticity of the election results, then damages grass-roots democracy and the rule of law. Furthermore Village committees that have been improperly elected may infringe on the fundamental rights of the villagers during their operation. In addition to increasing the legal obligations and legal responsibilities of trustees, we should actively use technology as a tool for grassroots governance, participate in the process of village committee elections as an alternative or selective measure to reduce the deep dependence of voters in other places on the proxy voting system. The research on the rule of law of the proxy voting system is only an entry point for exploring grassroots democratic governance. In order to realize the rule of law in grassroots democracy, it must be achieved through legislative protection. Formulate professional laws to protect villagers’ fundamental rights, establishing a three-dimensional rule of law system for rights protection based on the protection of the origin of rights The establishment of a three-dimensional rule of law system for rights protection based on the protection of the origin of rights has far-reaching significance for promoting the construction of grass-roots democracy and the rule of law.

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Adam, Achamyeleh Gashu, and Tadesse Amsalu Birhanu. "Decentralised Rural Land Administration in Ethiopia." Journal of Land and Rural Studies 6, no. 1 (November 13, 2017): 34–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2321024917731841.

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This study is aimed to assess the performance of the local-level rural land administration institutions established in Amhara regional state of Ethiopia. The approach employed to evaluate the performance of the grassroots-level land administration institutions is based on indicators of good governance principles. To this end, questionnaire survey, interview and focus group discussion data collection tools were used to capture important and relevant data. The findings of this study showed that the land administration system (LAS) in the Amhara region seems to be well structured and the effort to strengthen good governance in land administration at local/village is a commendable intervention. The study has indicated that most land administration and arbitration committee members seem to have motivation to deliver service; however, capacity limitations have hindered them to extend their services based on the principles of good governance. Therefore, the need to promote good governance at local land administration institutions and providing capacity building trainings to the implementers at the grassroots level is recommended to make sure that the service delivery is improved and sustained.

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He, Yuru, Shuolin Huang, and Yi Tang. "Sustainable Practicalities towards Good Governance in Fish Townships and Villages by Ethics-Based Approach." Sustainability 14, no. 12 (June 20, 2022): 7505. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14127505.

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As humanity’s moral failure leads to wild aquatic resources decline, habitat destruction and community tension, an ethically sound path towards good governance is increasingly needed globally. To epitomize sustainable paradigm shifts of grassroots practicalities in the fish sector, an ethical governance framework is initially conceptualized with a meta-governance infrastructure and a value-based decision-making mechanism. The ethical approach is then contextualized by using fish-specific evidence and outlining evolution of participatory fisheries and aquaculture management in rural China as a case study. The empirical investigation of socio-ecological justice manifested in social empowerment, ethical conduct and ecological resilience reveals that in China: fisheries and aquaculture governance models have been transforming from hierarchical governance to integrated governance combining hierarchy, market and community; participatory ethics are embedded in civil organizations upgraded from fishery association, offices, leagues to societies and cooperatives, indicating a multi-stakeholder governance mechanism steered by the government as meta-governor; villagers’ committees play a critical intermediary role in extending township governance and promoting autonomy of fishermen (farmers); local knowledge and traditional code of conduct regulates fish activities of fishermen (farmers) ready for community cooperation and mutual assistance; fish communities adopt socio-ecological measures to ensure property rights to fish (farm) and conserve aquatic resources. The current study aims to provide value reference in leveraging justified policy tools while promoting legitimacy of fish grassroots governance, in hope of contributing to a greener future of fisheries and aquaculture worldwide.

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Nurhasanah, Isye Susana, and Pieter Van den Broeck. "Towards a Sustainable Metamorphosis of a Small Island Tourism: Dynamizing Capacity Building, Alternating Governance Arrangements, and Emerging Political Bargaining Power." Sustainability 14, no. 12 (June 7, 2022): 6957. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14126957.

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This study examines how local agents (non-profit-seeking actors and residents of Pahawang Island) developed empowering methods to address ecological problems during the island’s transformation from a small, secluded island to a tourist destination. Building capacity through grassroots initiatives, bottom-linked collaboration, and improved political bargaining power were critical components, constituting the conceptual framework to analyse the data. The socio-spatial shift in Pahawang Island reflects the nature, degree of involvement, and participation of multiple stakeholders. Slowly and gradually, bottom-up and later bottom-linked institutional efforts were implemented to lay the groundwork for a more sustainable ecology, social economy, and political transformation. Capacity building was dynamized by including it in a social innovation process, bottom-linked governance, and stimulated empowerment, which altered the governance, political bargaining power and policymaking power balance. Under these conditions, collaborative grassroots learning and action efforts can be a virtuous panacea for improving the sustainable governance of small islands, which is frequently disregarded in a neoliberal society.

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Gonzalez Benson, Odessa, and Ana Paula Pimentel Walker. "Grassroots refugee community organizations: In search of participatory urban governance." Journal of Urban Affairs 43, no. 6 (February 22, 2021): 890–908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2021.1874245.

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Adams, Carly, and Julie Stevens. "Change and grassroots movement: reconceptualising women's hockey governance in Canada." International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing 2, no. 4 (2007): 344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijsmm.2007.013710.

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