Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2024, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (5): 55-65.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2024.05.007

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Towards Inclusiveness: New Insights into High-quality Party Building in Social Organizations Based on the Analytical Framework of “Structure-Function-Process”

ZHANG Ran, ZHANG Rui   

  1. (School of Public Administration, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China)
  • Published:2024-10-10
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Abstract: The task-oriented party building practice of social organizations lacks the identification of a high-quality picture, which to some extent leads to a focus on being tangible rather than being effective. To solve the theoretical and practical dilemma of party building in social organizations, it is urgent to respond to the question of “what is the natural state of high-quality party building”. To this end, a new model of high-quality party building for social organizations is proposed based on the “embedded” and “integrated” models, which go beyond the traditional macro-medium view. At the same time, the “process” dimension is incorporated to reconcile the static logic of structural-functionalism, construct a theoretical framework of “structure-function-process”, and then microscopically present a three-dimensional picture of inclusive party building in terms of systemic structural relationship, dimensional function presentation, and dynamic evolutionary process. It is suggested that inclusive party building should reflect the systematic structure, flexible relationships, and dynamic processes. This can be explained through the organization domain relationships in the “structure” dimension, the presentation of multidimensional elements in the “function” dimension, and the different life cycle paths in the “process” dimension.

Key words: social organization; high-quality party building; inclusive party building; “structure-function-process”

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