资源依赖下社会组织参与社区微治理的自主性何以生成?——以上海市Y组织为例

How Resource-dependent Social Organizations Obtain Autonomy While Engaging in Community Micro-Governance-A Case Study of Organization Y in Shanghai

我国社会组织对其他主体尤其是政府主体存在资源依赖,这对其自主性有所限制。已有研究对社会组织自主性的理解和操作化集中于社会组织的财务、人事、组织发展规划等方面,但对其业务活动过程中的自主性讨论较少且与其他方面自主性的区分不够。聚焦Y组织在参与社区微治理过程中的自主性进行研究,发现在面向不同主体时,社会组织谋求自主性的主导逻辑有所不同:因对街道的资源依赖程度较深,Y组织采取“有底线地遵从”策略以管理对街道的资源依赖,并以专业逻辑为主导获得自主性;面对社区相关利益主体时,Y组织采取“操纵式地满足”策略,并以合法性逻辑为主导,拓展其在社区中的自主性。

The autonomy of China’s social organizations is restrained due to their resource dependency on other stakeholders,especially governmental bodies.Previous studies focus on the interpretation and operation of the autonomy of social organizations in terms of their finance,personnel,and structural development planning,leaving much to be discussed concerning their autonomy in the process of business activities and the differences between different types of autonomy.A case study of the autonomy of the organization Y in its engagement in community micro-governance finds that it followed different logic of autonomy while interacting with different stakeholders.Specifically,when interacting with street offices on which its resources highly depended,Y adopted an“above-the-bottom-line compliance”strategy to manage its level of dependence and obtained autonomy by sticking to the logic of being professional.When interacting with a variety of other stakeholders located in the community,Y adopted a“manipulative”strategy to meet their needs and obtained greater level of autonomy by sticking to the dominant logic of legitimacy.