Dependence on Paths， Displacement of Goals and Involution of the Mass Organization Reform——The Women’s Federation Reform of A Municipality as an Example
Yang Ke1 Tang Wenyu2
(1.School of Humanities and Languages， Xi’an University of Post and Telecommunications， Xi’an 710121；2.School of Political Science and Public Administration， East China University of Political Science and Law， Shanghai 201620)
Abstract：Due to the profound impact of history， the mass organization reform in contemporary China is particular and complicated. Based on a case study of the Women’s Federation in A Municipality， it is found that there is an involution phenomenon that deserves attention in the reform of mass organizations. Underlying this involution phenomenon， there exists the tension between the power of de-bureaucratization reform and the inertia of bureaucratic operation， as well as the game between the strategic deployment of the decision makers and the action strategy of the executors. The involution emerges from the fact that the inertial force of “dependence on paths” in the operation of the bureaucracy has an advantage， and the “displacement of goals” strategy of the executors seeking to maximize self-interest within the existing bureaucratic system is naturally in an advantageous position in the game. To overcome the dilemma of involution in the reform of mass organizations， it is necessary to require the mass organizations to join other governance bodies to form a joint force based on the logic of exploration of new paths， to creatively utilize and organically integrate new resource advantages， and to take strategic actions such as alliance， learning and experiment， in hope of leading to a substantive development of reform through gradual and cumulative changes.
杨 柯 唐文玉. 路径依赖、目标替代与群团改革内卷化——以A市妇联改革为例[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2022, 61(3): 80-88.
Yang Ke Tang Wenyu. Dependence on Paths， Displacement of Goals and Involution of the Mass Organization Reform——The Women’s Federation Reform of A Municipality as an Example. journal1, 2022, 61(3): 80-88.
2022, Vol. 61 
