Author(s)

YangYang Xu^*, Yan Li, Yang Liu, SiMing Zhang

Affiliation(s)

Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Jilin 132000, Jilin, China.

Corresponding Author

YangYang Xu

ABSTRACT

To address the dilemma of fragmented governance elements and inadequate coordination in the modernization of urban community governance, this paper introduces ecological theory into community governance to examine the symbiotic relationships among the five governance elements of “politics, rule of law, moral governance, intelligent governance, and self-governance” within the community governance ecosystem, and proposes a theoretical research framework of “element symbiosis-system balance”. Through an in-depth case study of Community S, this paper verifies that Party-building leadership functions as the “core ecological niche” in the community governance ecosystem. It further reveals the dual mechanisms of complementary symbiosis between politics and intelligent governance, and competitive and cooperative symbiosis between rule of law and moral governance. Additionally, this study demonstrates that intelligent governance technology acts as a key lever to break the inefficient balance of traditional governance. This study provides a theoretical explanation and practical path for addressing the fragmentation of governance elements in urban community governance through the achievement of dynamic balance.

KEYWORDS

Community governance; Party-building leadership; Integration of the five governance elements; Symbiotic relationship; Dynamic balance

CITE THIS PAPER

YangYang Xu, Yan Li, Yang Liu, SiMing Zhang. The symbiotic relationship and dynamic balance of the five governance elements in the community governance ecosystem—a case study of community S in city C. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2025, 3(6): 79-88. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3185.

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