公民参与与公共民生问题的解决:对杭州实践的研究和思考

Citizen Participation and the Settlement of the Problems in People's Livelihood:A Case Study of Hangzhou

民生问题是人类社会进入文明发展阶段后面临的最基本的问题,它既关系到人民群众每个个人的切身利益,又关系到整个社会的公平和正义。现代民生问题的基本特征决定了在寻求解决民生问题的政策方案时,必须特别强调公民的参与和对民意的尊重。杭州市运用公民参与的方法解决民生问题的实践,不仅使当地的民生问题得到了比较好的解决,表明在解决公共民生问题上,民主方法具有比较高的绩效;而且它在保障公民参与方面形成的体制、机制和政策安排对深化民主建设的作用,也很值得关注。

The people's livelihood is the foundation for human society,which relates both to each individual interest and to the social justice. Considering the nature and contents of the contemporary people's livelihood,the government has to put more emphasis on the citizen-participation in the settlement of the problems in the people's livelihood. This paper,based on the case study of Hangzhou,has concluded that citizen participation can improve the government performance in the settlement of the problems of the people's livelihood. It also tries to provide some valuable insights into the development of local democracy by taking Hangzhou as an example.