The Evolution Of Governance Paradigm In Social Reforming Period Of Contemporary China

As a later developed country during the historical course of modernization, China chose the "government-leading" developmental strategy. Under this developmental strategy, the "strong government" that led by the national modernization leading group constituted the first propelling force that started and advanced country modernization in fact, and was the main propelling force of the durative development. Therefore China has obtained more than 20 years economical high speed growth since reform and opening, at the same time Chinese society's whole reforming is also impelled. The society becomes more prosperous, more powerful, more democratic and more civilized. However, this kind of development strategy brings prosperity to Chinese society, while it accumulates difficulties and problems. After entering the 21st century, along with the reform, many new social problems come forth, which result in the masses' disaffection even denial to the reform. This thesis believes that the reason of the new social problems is that the shift of governance paradigm is behind the reform of society and economy, so the reform of the governance paradigm is the key point of the entire reform. As a result, the research of the evolution of governance paradigm in social reforming period of contemporary China is of great academic and practical importance obviously.Guided by political theory of Marxism, Thomas S. Kuhn's "paradigm theory" and administrative ecology, this thesis mainly uses method of combining model analysis and positive analysis, historical analysis, ecological analysis, and comparative analysis. It carries on systematically profoundly research to the question of the evolution of governance paradigm in social reforming period of contemporary China. This thesis also puts forward some arguments of originality and creativeness to some degree.The whole thesis divides into six major parts including the introduction and the conclusion.The introduction partial briefly explains this study's theme and the starting point. It delimits and argues on the basic meanings and current researching fact of the evolution of governance paradigm and the social reforming period of contemporary China. Itproposes an original analysis frame of "problem - idea - technical route - practice effect". On this base, it clarifies the aim, method and structure of the study.The first part analyzes the origin, characteristic as well as the practical effect of the omnipotent control governance paradigm that implemented from 1949 to 1977 through a historical angle. This paradigm is the first kind of mature governance paradigm in the People's Republic of China, which is also object of reform along with the social reform.The second part analyzes the profound reforming of Chinese society since 1978, and it analyzes the transformation of governance paradigm which is in order to adapt the social reform's request. It discloses the problems resulted in by the sluggish shift of governance paradigm, and to solve these problems is the goal direction and the logical beginning of constructing the future governance paradigm.The third part from the perspective of positive analysis, clarifies the future governance paradigm of China. Based on the theory of modern country construction, the thesis clarifies the idea of the future governance paradigm of China, which is composed of rationality, democracy, impartiality, efficiency and service. And it theoretically frame the technical route of the future governance paradigm, namely government of law, democratic government, limited government, decentralized government, opening government, service government.The fourth part takes the "community construction plan of 883 motions" of Wuhan as the case to analyze the future governance paradigm of China. It believes that the multi-central governance structure of government-leading is the important characteristic of the future governance paradigm of China, and the civil society which is featured by the participation and negotiation in the mechanism of benefit expression and grass roots democracy is the important foundation of the future governance paradigm of China.The conclusion part discusses the next step of motion strategy of the reform of the governance paradigm of China. It proposes that the reform of the governance paradigm should deals with the following several issues: First, cultivates the citizen society, promotes government ability, constructs the structure mode of "strong government-big society";Next, adapting the economic reform, positively advances the political reform;Third, the reform of governance paradigm should take the "management -service government" as target.This thesis has the innovation in following several aspects: One, the researchcontent aspect, First, this thesis breaks through the vision limitation of synchronic perspective, launches the research from the chronic evolution prospective;Next, this thesis is attempting study the rule of the governance paradigm evolution from the interaction and the connection between the social reforming and governance paradigm evolution. Two, the analysis frame aspect, this thesis takes Thomas S. Kuhn's "paradigm theory" and administrative ecology as the guide, proposes an original analysis frame of "problem - idea - technical route - practice effect". Three, the analysis method aspect, this thesis exerts itself on the model analysis. Four, the research conclusion aspect, this thesis clarifies the idea of the future governance paradigm of China based on the theory of modern country construction theory and theoretically frame the technical route of the future governance paradigm. At the same time, through the model analysis, discloses the important characteristic and the social foundation of the future governance paradigm of China. Finally, breaking through the limit of field of vision, this thesis proposes the next step of motion strategy of the reform of the governance paradigm of China, and proposes that the reform of governance paradigm should take "the management -service government" as target.