农村宗族与村民选举的关系分析——对赣、晋两省56个村选举的跟踪观察和研究

作为对村选举状况的跟踪调查,本文分析表明,与首次村民直选相比,第二次村民直选的质量并没有提升,相反在江西两县还有下降。其中,既有选举程序与规则安排的影响,也有自治绩效和宏观体制等因素的影响。这表明,村民选举的质量并不一定会随着届期而直线上升,基层民主建设需要长期的艰苦努力。此外,选举对宗族的影响,主要表现为族际关系的变化。宗族在选举中的影响依然常见,但这种影响主要表现为选民投票的宗族取向。不过,与影响选举的其他组织因素相比,宗族因素依然微不足道,并未成为足以左右选举的主要因素,其影响的性质既有正面性也有负面性。

Analysis on the Connection of Country Clan and the Election of Villager

As a follow-up investigation of the election of villager committee,this paper holds that,comparing with that of the first direct election of villager committee,the quality of the second direct election of villager committee in two counties of Jiangxi Province is lower.The factors that resulted in the lower quality of direct election of villager committee include: election procedures,rule arrangement,autonomous performance,macro-system and so on.The findings show that the quality of the direct election of villager committee isn't necessarily bound to be higher with the change of term,democratic construction at grassroots level still need to strive in a long run.In addition,the patriarchal influence on the election represented mainly the change of the relation among patriarchal clans,whereas the influence of patriarchal clan on the election represented mainly voter's tendency towards their patriarchal clan.Nevertheless,comparing with the other factors that influence the election,the factor of patriarchal clan is still minimal and isn't major factor that determines the result of election.Its influence is both positive and negative.