Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (6): 59-67.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2020.06.008

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Purchasing Service, Elite Sinking and Urban Grassroots Governance——A Study Based on the Project of “Bringing Legal Service into Village Residence” in M District of Shanghai

DAI Kang1, TANG Feng2   

  1. (1. School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China; 2. School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)
  • Received:2020-03-02 Revised:2020-03-02 Online:2020-11-25 Published:2020-12-22
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Abstract:

Urban grassroots is the core space and key platform of social governance community construction. Using the government purchasing service policy to strengthen social governance at the urban grassroots level can remedy the shortcomings of the paradigm of administrative leadership and social autonomy. The case study based on the project of “Bringing Legal Service into Village Residence” in M District of Shanghai has found that through the combined leadership mechanism of purchasing service, independent third-party social elites sink to participate in grassroots governance. In terms of content, the policy text of elite sinking mainly includes the embedded participation of grassroots autonomy, the service supply of public demand and the technical management of social conflicts. In terms of utility, purchasing services guides the sinking of elites and achieves effective governance at the grassroots level in cities mainly by strengthening the administrative absorption capacity, cultivating the market brokerage mechanism, and bringing the country closer to society. In the future of urban governance, the political field needs to improve the government's service purchase policy, support the participation of diverse subjects in social governance, and finally implement the goal of fine governance in the urban grassroots space.

Key words: purchasing service, elite sinking, legal counsel, grassroots governance

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