Abstract:

 Centralized resettlement community is a unique phenomenon in China’s urbanization process, which has aroused much attention from various circles. Resource Dependence Theory, a classic theory used to account for the relationship between organizations and environment, is introduced to analyze the functional evolution of community autonomous organizations. Judging from their functional development after the demolition, community autonomous organizations have mainly experienced three phases: the founding of secondary organizations with dramatic expansion of public functions, the expansion of economic autonomy through the introduction of expertise management, and the increase of expertise community services with tightening autonomy. Accompanying the three phases are such behavior strategies as integrating various demands, seeking pluralistic development and depending on alliance. It may shed light on how to coordinate between the government and the communities to trace the development of the behavior strategies of community organizations.

Key words: autonomous organization, functional evolution,  re-settlement community, Resource Dependence Theory