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The government’s organizing ability and authority are the key factors to the success of social transformation as the effective implementation of social transformation policies is dependent on reliable channels of organization and strong governments.
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Concerning the difficulties of social transformation, Prof. Zheng Hangsheng believes that the conditions of social transformation, organizational capabilities, and the resistance against modernization in a country or region are decisive factors. It is self-evident that as internal or external conditions of a country or region get better, there are stronger organizational capabilities and less resistance from tradition, and as a result, fewer difficulties with social transformation will be encountered. See Zheng Hangsheng, ed., Empirical Research on Rural Social Transformation in Contemporary China (China Renmin University Press, 1998), 25–30.
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Li et al. (1994), 86–87.
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Selected Works of Sun Yat-sen (People’s Publishing House, 1981), 617.
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Wang (1991), 56.
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Chen Mingming, Xie Zhikui, et al. A Discussion on the Development of China’s Grassroots Politics,” Exploration and Free Views 3 (1998).
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Migdal (1996), 27–37.
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Migdal (1996), 38–49.
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Duara (1994), 2–3 and 37–49.
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He (1998), 283. For more details, see pp. 282–319.
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Wu Yi, “Political Participants in Village Governance—An Analysis on Villagers’ Public Participation and Public Awareness,” Strategy and Management 1 (1998).
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A Study on the Systems of Rural Grassroots Social Organizations in China, 82–87.
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Wang Yalin, “Rural Grassroots Political Power Structure and its Operating Mechanism—A Case Study of Changwu Township in Heilongjiang Province,” Social Sciences in China 5 (1998).
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Da Sulin and Li Zhiyu, “The Dual Role of Township Governments and Institutional Innovation during the Transformation Period,” Jiangsu Social Sciences 6 (1997).
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China Women’s News 17 Nov. 1998.
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Zhang Letian, “Rural Politics and Economy after the Abolition of the Commune System—A Reflection on a Survey in Rural North Zhejiang,” Strategy and Management 1 (1997).
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Peng Xianggang and Wang Zhiqiang, “An Analysis on the Relationships in Village Self-Administration,” Public Administration and Law 1 (1998).
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Liu Xitang, “The Power Structure of Rural Communities in China,” CASS Journal of Political Science 1 (1997).
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Wang Dehua, Tang Changxi, and Mei Deping, “What Are the Village Party Organizations Working on?” Chinese Journal of Sociology 10 (1997).
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To learn more about the danger of clan forces, see there search team of the Office of CPC Wanzai County Committee in Jiangxi Province, “Reflections and Investigation on Current Rural Clan Activities,” Review of Politics 4 (1997); Chen Baoliang, “Clan Activities: A Social Problem of High Priority,” Tribune of Study 7 (1997).
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Investigation team of the Publicity Department of CPC Yantai Municipal Committee, “A Survey of Current Peasant Ideology,” Review of Politics 8 (1998).
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“To Resolutely Put an End to the Abuse of Gang Violence,” Research Office of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee (1997), 326.
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Research on Strengthening the Class Basis of the Ruling Party, 271.
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Property Rights and Institutional Change, 397–400.
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The author has observed that according to many scholars, it is necessary, in light of the underdevelopment of mass organizations in the transformation period, to establish a peasant association as a medium between peasants and the market and government in the rural organization system at the grassroots level. Some scholars have put forward their opinions on how to set up such an organization. For more details, see A Study on the Systems of Rural Grassroots Social Organizations in China, 207–211. Others have proposed to establish a nationwide peasant organization. For more details, see Wang (1996), 79–80.
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Tribune of Villages and Townships 5 (1991).
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Tribune of Villages and Townships 4 (1994).
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The Electoral System of Rural Village Committees in China (1993), (China Society Press, 1994), 80.
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Fang, J. (2016). Change in Rural Control Mode and Peasants’ Mandatory Non-institutional Political Participation During the Transformation Period. In: Non-institutional Political Participation. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0048-5_5
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