Research On The Participation Of Yan’an Residents In Urban Community Governance From The Perspective Of Social Capital

As an indispensable part of the modernization of national governance capacity,urban grassroots governance can reflect the strength of community governance capacity,and the level of public participation in community governance can accelerate the process of urban community governance.The participation enthusiasm of community residents is influenced by various social factors,among which social capital has the deepest influence.Through empirical data surveys,scholars have concluded that the participation of residents in most urban communities is low,which has become a constraint to the development of urban communities.However,most of the scholars’ analysis of the influencing factors of residents’ participation in urban community governance only focuses on political participation,and lacks to explore the impact of residents’ participation in urban community governance in a certain area from the perspective of social capital,so this paper attempts to study such issues from a new dimension.Based on governance theory,social capital theory,and polycentric governance theory,this paper takes the typical community of Yan’an City as the research object on the basis of combing the relevant literature.Through questionnaire research method,a descriptive statistical analysis was made to analyze the current situation of Yan’an residents’ participation in urban community governance forms and community social capital stock.On this basis,by constructing a multiple regression model,the influence of community social capital on the participation of Yan’an residents in urban community governance is analyzed.The study finds that there is a significant correlation between residents’ participation in urban community governance forms and community social capital,and indicates that the current participation of Yan’an residents in urban community governance is at a low level.Therefore,it is of great practical significance to improve residents’ participation in urban community governance by accumulating the stock of community social capital.It proposes measures to enhance residents’ enthusiasm for participation by increasing the stock of network capital,broadening the channels for participation by accumulating the stock of trust capital,building criteria for resident participation by improving and regulating the stock of capital,and cultivating residents’ awareness of participation by increasing the stock of recognized capital.