社会管理是指以维系社会秩序、促进社会和谐为宗旨,通过政府主导、多方参与解决社会问题,保障社会服务,为人类社会创造既有秩序又有活力的基础运行条件和社会环境的活动。从主体角度看,社会管理包括政府社会管理和社会自我管理两类,本文所谈的社会管理侧重于前者,即政府在整个社会管理体系中所扮演的角色和发挥的 Social management refers to the activities of maintaining the social order and promoting social harmony through the government-led and multi-party participation in solving social problems, guaranteeing social services and creating orderly and viable basic operating conditions and social environment for human beings. From a subjective point of view, social management includes two types of government social management and social self-management. The social management discussed in this article focuses on the former, that is, the role and role played by the government in the entire social management system