Research on the Internal Mechanism and Pathways of Youth Participation in Community Governance from the Perspective of Empowerment and Enhancement
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: 在新时代社会治理体系深化创新的背景下，青少年作为社区治理的重要主体，其参与程度与效能直接影响共建共治共享格局的构建。尽管国家政策强调其重要性，实践中仍存在主体性缺失、资源错配与制度执行偏差等困境。本研究基于赋权增能理论，以具有典型性的成都市Z社区为案例，综合运用深度访谈、文档分析、参与式观察等方法，深入探讨青少年参与社区治理的内在机理与实践路径。研究发现：社区层面的外在赋权与青少年个体的自我增能形成契合，构建了“赋能–增能–再赋能”的良性循环机制，有效破解了“象征性参与”困境；然而，家庭观念桎梏、校社协同不足、政策柔性执行及数字赋能深度有限等问题制约了参与效能。据此，提出系统化实践路径：通过主体性培育体系激发内生动力，优化资源协同机制深化组织建设，构建政策–文化–技术协同的支持系统。本研究为破解青少年“象征性参与社区治理”困境提供了理论框架与实践启示，对推动社区治理现代化与青少年社会化发展具有双重意义。Against the backdrop of deepening innovation in the social governance system of the new era, young people, as key actors in community governance, directly influence the construction of a co-building, co-governing, and sharing framework through their level of participation and effectiveness. Although national policies emphasize their importance, practical challenges such as lack of agency, resource misallocation, and deviations in policy implementation persist. This study, grounded in empowerment theory, takes the representative Z Community in Chengdu as a case study and employs in-depth interviews, document analysis, participatory observation, and other methods to explore the intrinsic mechanisms and practical pathways of youth participation in community governance. The findings reveal that external empowerment at the community level aligns with individual self-empowerment among youth, forming a virtuous cycle of “empowerment - capacity-building - re-empowerment”, effectively addressing the dilemma of “symbolic participation”. However, constraints such as restrictive family attitudes, insufficient school-community collaboration, flexible policy enforcement, and limited depth in digital empowerment hinder participation effectiveness. Accordingly, this study proposes a systematic practical pathway: stimulating endogenous motivation through an agency cultivation system, optimizing resource coordination mechanisms to deepen organizational development, and constructing a supportive system integrating policy, culture, and technology. The research provides a theoretical framework and practical insights for overcoming the “symbolic participation in community governance” dilemma among youth, offering dual significance for advancing both community governance modernization and youth social development.
Source: Advances in Social Sciences
Author: 澜 杨
Institution: Southwest Minzu University
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4412461982