Community Governance in Urban Areas from the Perspective of Social Quality Theory

摘要

Social quality theory,as a new theory of social development research,is aim ed at studying the overall social situation through a series of social indicators system from which includes four elem ents: socio-econom ic security,social inclusion,social cohesion,social empowerment and participation. Community governance is the basic platform of society governance. The application of social quality approach to study community governance will give us not only a new analytical tool to assess the effect of com munity governance but also decision-making source to formulate community development policy,so as to give a future vision and direction to community development.