| With the continuous acceleration of the urbanization process,the realization of common prosperity between urban and rural areas is an important development requirement,of which meeting the needs of complete rural transportation infrastructure is the proper meaning.However,the fact that urban land surplus is gradually decreasing and rural land resources are tight,so that the town government expropriates rural collective land to obtain an increase in land resources for transportation infrastructure.However,relocation is easy to lead to conflicts,and a slight mismanagement will cause chaos in rural social order and affect the stable and sustainable development of the country.This paper studies the process of land acquisition and demolition of homesteads by taking the reconstruction project of T county national highway as a case.Based on "strategy principle" as the main theoretical basis,it uses the method of in-depth investigation and interview to communicate with executive officials and farmers of townships and villages involved along the reconstruction of the national highway,in order to explore the action strategies of the grassroots governments in the face of the interests of the peasants and analyze the reasons for their strategic behavior.The study found that the case of the reconstruction and relocation of the national highway in T County is full of the trade-off between rules and human feelings,and the tension and competition between coercion and consent.In the whole process,the township governments are facing the contradictions of compensation that does not meet expectations,mismatched protection demands,and the resulting differentiated struggles of farmers.Therefore,the township government grasps the self-space and adopt methods such as explaining policy legitimacy,creating group pressures,implementing relationship mobilization,and manufacturing secret economic differences to construct peasant rational cognition and emotional identity.Finally,the relocated peasants were intimidated by the "consent" environment deliberately created by the government,and there was a reaction of wavering will and cognitive change,and they went from the initial "resistance" to the medium-term "compromise" and then to the final "identification",forming a situation of "manufacturing consent".Specifically analyzing the logic of the action strategy of the grassroots government,it is found that the township grassroots government is under the dual pressure from the pressure-based system and the local society.Layer upon layer of pressure,performance appraisal,promotion rewards for officials,and administrative control requirements enable grassroots governments to deal with complicated rural affairs while playing the role of discretion.Coupled with the huge and complex network of relationships in the local society and the tradition of "etiquette" order,the township and town grass-roots governments have been prompted to create flexible strategies instead of coercive means and successfully complete the task of requisitioning and relocation.It is worth noting that "manufacturing consent" has its effectiveness and limits.We need further consideration about how to find an effective and reasonable way for the government and the people to coordinate and win-win situation.Therefore,we should strengthen the positive interaction between the grassroots government and the farmers and enhance the public’s recognition of the grassroots government,so as to continuously strengthen the legitimacy base of the grassroots government’s administration and maintain social stability at the grassroots. |
