关注中国的农村、农民问题的人会注意到,近年来在一些干群关系紧张的农村,凸现出少数“农民舆论领袖”。在他们的号召、组织、带领下,农民集体上访、告官的多了,甚至围攻基层党政机关的群体性事件也时有发生。这些“农民领袖”到底是“英雄”还是“刁民”?他们何来一呼百应的神通?如何化解新形势下的人民内部矛盾,确保稳定的大局?村民自治组织与化解这些矛盾有些什么联系?相信都是值得认真研究的问题 People who pay attention to China’s rural areas and peasants will notice that in recent years a few “opinion leaders of peasants” have been highlighted in some rural areas where tensions between cadres and masses are serious. Under their call, organization and leadership, collective petitions of peasants and sues for more have taken place. Even the mass incidents of siege of Party and government organs at the grassroots level have occurred from time to time. How can these “peasant leaders” be “heroic” or “trouble-making people”? How can they take full advantage of themselves? How to resolve the contradictions among the people in the new situation and ensure a stable overall situation? What are the links between villagers’ self-government organizations and resolving these contradictions? All are questions that deserve serious study