Public Participation, System Construction and Satisfaction of Democratic Decision-Making <br/>—Taking the Relocation Community of Beijing Disaster-Prone Villages as an Example
- 1 School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
- 2 School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
- 3 School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China
Abstract
In this study, we discussed residents’ satisfaction with democratic decision-making in the process of relocation of disaster-prone villages in Beijing from two dimensions which were public participation and system construction. Through the analysis of the ordered logit model, it was confirmed that the variables of re sidents’ participation and community system construction were significantly positively correlated with the satisfaction variables of democratic decision-making. There were some problems in the democratic decision-making in the process of relocation of disaster-prone villages in Beijing, such as inconsistent decision-making content and residents’ attention, weak participation consciousness, single form, poor channel, and imperfect legal system construction. Based on these, we put forward the following policy recommendations: 1) Bring industrial development and major livelihood issues into the content system of democratic decision-making ; 2) Enrich the forms of democratic decision-making, increase decision-making channels, and enhance residents’ enthusiasm for participation ; 3) Strengthen the system construction, so that democratic decision-making could be based on laws and regulations.
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