Full Empowerment and the Participatory Governance in Rural Communities: A Comparative Study Based on Two Cases

摘要

Participatory governance is a feasible method in the context of a need for effective governance.With the introduction of participatory governance,the focus has shifted to how to empower.A comparative study of two cases in this paper finds that full empowerment is the key to effective governance in participatory governance.Full empowerment can motivate a community to participate through the empower of rights and resources and can improve community participation capacity through the introduction of technical services.The full empowerment encourages a community to undertake its due responsibility and thus forms a mechanism of the simultaneous downward shift of right and responsibility;the refined technical services enhance community participation capacity and thus develop the mechanism of self-management and adaptation,and the interactions between multiple agents produces a coordinating mechanism for government empowerment and community acceptance.