社区能力理论述评——概念、起源及测量

The Review of Community Capacity Theory: Concept, Origin and Measurement

在系统地回顾社区能力理论起源、概念维度的基础上,介绍自我评估和社会指标评估两种测量方法,分析其在反贫困、生态资源管理、公共健康和犯罪预防等领域的相关经验研究。最后,指出已有研究在理论本土化和概念指标上的不足,提出从社区能力建设中的偏差、政府与社区的层级互动、权力关系以及我国社会文化环境等方面入手完善后续研究,并通过寻找社区能力指标的普遍性特征要素,来提高指标适用性,开发本土指标,创新测量方法。

On the basis of a systematic review of community capacity theory origin and concept dimension, the author introduces two measurement methods including self-assessment and social indicators assessment and analyzes its related empirical research in the field of anti-poverty, ecological resource management, public health and crime prevention and so on. Finally the author points out the related research limitations in localization of theory and the indicators of concept, proposes to improve the future research from the aspects of deviation in community capacity construction, hierarchical interaction between government and community,power relationship and social and cultural environment in China, and to improve the applicability of indicators, develop local indicators, and innovate measurement methods by finding the universal characteristic elements of community capacity indicators.