Abstract:

The transformation of a ruling model primarily results from institutional changes. The essence of community reconstruction lies in a transformation of the urban grassroots ruling model, a substitution of a new ruling institution in the background of market economy for the single-line administrative institution at urban grassroots in the context of planned economy, and a process of substitution, transformation and exchange from the starting-point model (original institution) to a goal model (a more efficient institution). Accordingly, the process of community reconstruction is virtually a kind of cooperation between government and public, and between state and society, which is a result of multisided interaction.

Key words: community reconstruction, institutional change, interaction, cooperation