Authority Molding of Village Rules and Regulations
Wang Guoqin1， Wang Xuefen2
1.Teaching Section of Political Science， Zhejiang University of Administration, Hangzhou 311121;
2.School of International Relations, Remin University of China， Beijing 100872, China
Abstract：The making and enforcement of village rules and regulations is regarded as a significant practice for maintaining rural orders and promoting the modernization of rural governance. Thus, it is particularly important to establish and maintain the authority of village rules and regulations. A review of the historical development of village rules and regulations suggests that they are but an arena where the state wills rival the communal ones. At the moment the central government is vigorously promoting the establishment of village rules and regulations, whose primary functions have been brought out and discussed in the process. It is found that the following aspects need special discussion: regularity, legitimacy, and instrumentality, the functioning and interaction of which are decisive in establishing the authority of village rules and.
2016, Vol. 18 
