中文摘要：

农村社区＂聚族而居＂的现实决定了宗族对社区治理必然会产生较大的影响。梳理近20年来有关农村宗族对农村社区治理影响相关研究,主要涉及到农村宗族治理农村社区的模式、农村宗族对农村社区治理的促进作用和消极影响、消除农村宗族对农村社区治理影响的对策等方面。虽然有关农村宗族对农村社区治理影响研究取得了巨大成就;但是,中国地域广阔,人口众多,宗族情况不一,难免有偏颇之处。不管怎样,正确对待宗族、合理运用宗族、逐渐消除其负面影响应该是研究者应该遵循的原则,以便促进农村社区有效治理。

英文摘要：

The rural community where clan lived together as a big family determined the clan would have agreater impact on the community governance. Reviewing the last twenty years＇ research on the rural claninfluence to rural community governance, we can find that the literature focused on the rural clan governingmodel on rural community, the positive and negative effects of the rural clan to rural community governance,and the countermeasures of eliminating the rural clan governance influence on the rural community. Theresearch about the clan effected on community governance had obtained the huge achievement. But China hasa vast territory, a large population and the situation is unsustainable. The research had the biased deficiency.No matter what, treating correctly, using the clan reasonably, eliminating its negative effects gradually shouldbe the principle that the researchers＇ should follow in order to promote the effective governance of ruralcommunities.