摘要
目前,中国的地方政府是否面临着深刻的合法性危机?本研究假定影响地方政府合法性的因素主要有4个:政府服务绩效、制度的公正性、传统文化中的威权主义观念以及制度创新。文章根据在实地调研中收集的10省20个乡镇的资料数据,就地方政府的合法性及其来源进行实证检验。根据检验结果,公推直选制度的实施,比较明显地提高了民众对基层政府的支持和信任,但其他类型的制度创新对地方政府合法性的影响并不显著。政府服务绩效、制度的公正性和威权主义观念对政府的合法性均有显著影响,但影响程度不同。公推直选也在一定程度上改变了乡镇政府合法性的生成机制。根据分析结果,作者就地方政府如何克服合法性危机提出了若干政策性建议。
This article analyzes the sources of government legitimacy in China＇s township-level governments,and how they are affected by recent institutional innovations in local governance. Four main factors that could influ- ence the legitimacy of Chinese local governments are suggested,namely ： service performance of the government ; impartiality of institutions;authoritarian values among the citizens;and institutional innovations. A structural e- quation model （SEM） was tested with survey data collected in 20 towns of 10 provinces across China. The anal- ysis shows that only implementation of the Open Recommendation and Direct Election （ORDE） innovation sig- nificantly improved the legitimacy of township level government, while other types of institutional innovations did not lead to a significantly higher level of local government＇s legitimacy. Service performance, impartiality of insti- tutions and authoritarian values all have some amount of influence on the legitimacy of local government, but to varying degrees. Furthermore, ORDE also changed the mechanism through which local governments obtain public legitimacy.
出处
《经济社会体制比较》
CSSCI
北大核心
2012年第3期122-138,共17页
Comparative Economic & Social Systems
基金
欧盟“Marie Curie Actions International Incoming Fellowship”(项目编号:237580)
教育部2010年度社科规划基金(项目编号:10JYA810019)
关键词
乡镇政府
合法性
制度创新
服务绩效
制度公正性
Institutional Innovation
Legitimacy
Local Government
Service Performance
Institutional Impartiality
