Methods and Strategies to Enhance Community Participation in Local Governance

Journal: Modern Economics & Management Forum DOI: 10.32629/memf.v5i4.2544

Qibin Wang1, Chaoyi Wei2

1. Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 700, Taiwan, China
2. Department of Political Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 700, Taiwan, China Department of Law School, Dongguan City University, Dongguan 523419, Guangdong, China

Abstract

With the deepening of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, local governance has also shown new characteristics. Among them, as an important unit of grassroots governance, the level of community participation directly affects the effectiveness of governance. This article explores strategies for enhancing community participation in local governance. Firstly, analyze the new characteristics of local governance, and then take R community as an example to point out the existing problems and solutions of participatory governance. This study provides useful references for improving community participation.

Keywords

local governance; community participation; governance strategy; R community

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