Abstract：Is rural women participating in village governance related to rural basic governance units, and how does it work？ A comparison of the rural basic governance units in the three typical periods with detailed analysis based on women’s oral history reveals the facts obscured by macronarration. In the traditional period，women did not participate in village governance， who were not directly governed by village units. Their governance rights were related to the family. The position of women cadres in the village committee which is the basic administrative unit in rural areas, is isolated. Rural women lack recognition and motivation to participate in village committees which exceed their social circles and social needs. Compared with the two units mentioned above，the rural land cooperatives based on natural villages in the early years of the founding of the People’s Republic of China are the units of governance that facilitate women’s participation. The size of natural villages are more suitable for women’s social interactions，resulting in the formation of space for political activities，gender consensus and women’s elites in localities. The rural land cooperatives have the functional needs of mobilizing women to participate in labor. The good connection between the rural land cooperatives and women’s participation in village governance has the research value for solving the problem of women’s inactive participation in villagers’ autonomy in present China.
刘筱红. 农村基本治理单元中的妇女参与：基于人类集团理论的分析[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2020, 59(1): 1-10.
Liu Xiaohong. Women’s Participation in Rural Basic Governance Units： An Analysis Based on Human Group Theory. journal1, 2020, 59(1): 1-10.
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