The Impact of Rural “Loose Organization” on Rural Governance in Transition Period——With Shandong Province as an Example

Loose organizations, which come into existence in the lack of resources and outside supervision, are characterized with strong unreason, instability and inadequacy of individual rights. Formal organizations in Shandong rural areas are generally loosened now, which can be classified into “periodic political organizations”, “passive integral organization”, “unconscious model lasting organization” and “anti-integral organization”. All these organizations are reflections of farmers resource-poor living conditions, which in turn have both positive and negative effects on the rural self- governance, accumulation of social capital as well as rural order. Therefore, the loose organizations should be properly treated and reasonably guided.