“可治理的民主”何以兑现:基层公共事务治理民主的实现路径——以广东省横沥镇为例

How to Realize “Governable Democracy”? The Realization Path of Democracy in Governance of Grassroots PublicAffairs Based on Case Study from Hengli Town, Guangdong Province

作为一个极具包容性和开放性的理论范式,“可治理的民主”推动了公共事务治理结构革命性变革,逐渐得到学界的认可,然而在实践中却遭遇了各种挑战。本文基于广东省横沥镇基层公共事务治理实践具体案例,借助后现代公共行政话语理论,试图构建一个具有操作性的分析框架来阐释可治理民主的实现路径。本文认为,基层公共事务治理民主的实现路径包括倡导“部分人对话”的理念路径、构建“公共能量场”的技术路径、确保“话语正当性”的制度路径。上述路径涉及多元主体不断互动的建构过程。本文的研究发现不仅验证了后现代公共行政话语理论在中国场景的适用性,也诠释了治理民主的现实应用路径,对当下的基层治理实践具有重要的启示意义。

As a very inclusive and open theoretical paradigm, “governable democracy” has promoted the revolutionary reform of the governance structure of public affairs. It has gradually been recognized and accepted by the academic circle. However, it has encountered various challenges in practice. Based on the analysis of concrete cases of grassroots public affairs governance in Hengli Town, Guangdong Province, this article attempts to construct an operational framework of analysis to explain the realization path of governable democracy with the help of postmodern public administrative discourse theory. The research points out that the realization path of grassroots public affairs governance democracy includes the idea path of advocating “partial dialogue”, the technical path of constructing “public energy field”, and the institutional path of “ensuring the legitimacy of discourse”. The above path involves the construction process of the constant interaction of multiple subjects. The research findings not only verify the applicability of postmodern public administrative discourse theory in the Chinese scene, but also explain the practical application path ofgovernable democracy, which has important enlightenment significance for the currentgrassroots governance practice.