City Governmental Structure, the Institutionalization of Collective Interests, and the Development of Social Organizations

如何解释社会组织在不同地区的发展差异?本文选择3个大城市来考察同一类型社会组织的发展情况。社会组织发展在这三地呈现出不同的面貌:多中心治理的萌芽状态、政府相对开放的自主发展和行政主导的单一模式。本文以城市政府结构为主要视角来解释社会组织发育的地区差异。除了市政府,当地还有更高行政级别政府的多级政府结构为社会组织发展提供了较为宽松的环境;市政府就是当地最高政府的单级政府结构则赋予地方政府极大的行政能力,从而倾向于保持强政府、弱社会的格局。本文还通过群体利益制度化来解释多级政府结构下不同城市的社会组织发育的细微区别。

regional variation? Taking the development of the homeowners' associations in three major cities as examples, the author tries to address this question. Study shows that homeowners' associations in the three cities have followed different patterns of development: top-down government-driven model, bottom-up association-driven model, and a mixed model with multi-actors. The author finds that the structural differences of the administrative systems of the three cities turn out to be the most important factor accounting for the regional variation of these associations. The multi-level administrative structure with a higher government upon the municipal government provides a more favorable environment for the development of the associations than the single-level administrative structure with the local municipal government as the highest administrative agency. In addition, the study reveals that the difference in the institutionalization of collective interests has contributed to the developmental variation of the associations in the two cities with multi-level administrative structure.

中山大学“985工程”三期建设项目；中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金；广东省普通高校人文社会科学重大攻关项目“基于社会管理创新的广东和谐社区研究”；国家社科基金重大招标项目“扩大公民有序政治参与:战略、路径与对策”(基金号:12&ZD040)资助

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