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SUMMARY:Effective Governance: Explorations and Practices of China's Grassr
 oots Social Governance – Based on Field Research in Zhejiang\, China (20
 00–2025)
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DESCRIPTION:Since the early 1980s\, the system of villagers' self-governan
 ce has been widely implemented in rural China. Under specific conditions\,
  this self-governance system has effectively promoted the practice of gras
 sroots democracy. The innovative wisdom and comprehensive participation of
  grassroots communities have contributed to emphasizing the pursuit of dem
 ocratic values and the construction of democratic institutions. However\, 
 due to the failure to accord governance effectiveness the due importance i
 t deserves\, various inefficiencies or ineffectiveness have emerged in rur
 al governance practices. Since the turn of the century\, building on past 
 experiences in rural governance\, the Chinese government has gradually est
 ablished effectiveness as a new guiding principle for innovative rural gov
 ernance development. This implies that China's rural governance in the com
 ing period will shift from emphasizing democratic management to placing gr
 eater emphasis on effective governance within a democratic framework\, wit
 h effectiveness becoming a pivotal orientation for grassroots governance i
 n the new era. What constitutes effective governance? How can we advance e
 ffective governance at the grassroots level? The lecture will share findin
 gs from field investigations conducted by research teams over the past two
  decades on the effectiveness of grassroots social governance in China.\n\
 nBingjie Dai\, PhD in Sociology\, Associate Professor at Communication Uni
 versity of Zhejiang\, China.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T125725Z
LOCATION:Dickson Poon Building\, Oxford China Centre - Ho Tim Seminar Room
  (first floor)\, Ho Tim Seminar Room Dickson Poon Building\, Oxford China 
 Centre Canterbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6LU United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Professor Bingjie Dai (Communication University of Zhejiang)
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