Developing Rural Social Capital to Improve Villagers'Cooperation

In the rural cooperation for providing public service,rational villagers cannot get rid of the free-rider behavior because they excessively calculate economic profit,which leads to the serious lack of supply of rural public goods.Whereas,rural social capital,a long-term interaction of relationship networks,and the positive relationships in trust,reciprocity,network,tolerance,compassion,and solidarity,can promote cooperation among farmers.Therefore,promoting rural social capital is the key to improve rural governance performance.