社会转型期利益群体与中国地方政府善治

社会利益分化和利益结构重构成为社会转型时期最重要、最深刻的变化。越来越多的利益群体对地方政府决策和公共政策产生着重要的影响,并已经成为影响地方政府善治的一个不可回避的现实问题。本文分析了社会转型时期利益群体的重要特点、利益群体对地方政府善治的积极与消极的双重意义,并提出了解决问题的途径与措施。     

从“晋江模式”看地方文化在经济发展中的作用

本从化发生学的角度,分析“晋江模式”是如何在大传统与小传统的共同作用下形成的,以此透视化与经济发展模式之间的关系。“大传统”是指一系列改革开放政策所形成的制度环境,“小传统”是指在特殊历史条件下和地理环境中形成的晋江地方性化。由于存在晋江地方性化的“小传统”,才会在统一的“大传统”下,形成具有地方特色的晋江经济发展模式。     

论地方政府经济行为失范的体制性原因

与微观经济主体一样,地方政府作为谋取自身利益最大化的“经济人”,其行为同样要受“给定条件”的制约。地方政府行为失范与否,关键不在于其动机好坏,而在于具有普适价值的政绩评价体制是否合理、有效。现行的有缺陷的体制是导致地方政府经济行为失范的根源。     

论地方政府的环境伦理责任——以广西北部湾经济区为例

加强地方政府的环境伦理责任建设对于应对广西北部湾经济区的环境挑战,推进区域的可持续发展具有重要意义。政府的环境伦理责任主要包括:推进环境保护的法制建设和监督管理,引导环境产业的健康发展,培育民众的环境意识。当前一些地方政府的环境伦理责任建设尚存在诸多问题。要解决这些问题,必须强化政府的环境伦理责任,加强政府官员的环境伦理教育和制度建设,强化监督机制,引导政府官员树立正确的政绩观,提高他们的环境道德水平。     

Pay to protect: Examining the factors of the use of market-based instruments for local water sustainability

Given the myriad of policy instruments aimed at enhancing water quantity conservation available to municipalities, what drives them to opt for a market-based instrument (MBI)? MBIs can be effective and efficient policy instruments to enhance water quantity conservation, but there is little known about why municipalities utilize them. This study hypothesizes that three contextual elements influence a municipality's use of an MBI: the natural, political, and structural environment. The results from two logistic regression models suggest that in a municipality suffering a higher drought level, both a conservative political environment and operating under a council-manager form of government (with the effect more pronounced under a non-council-manager form) will increase the likelihood that it will use an MBI to address water conservation.     

对政府公信力的现实思考——以扬州卖地事件为案例

在现代社会,完善各类公开办事制度、提高政府工作透明度和公信力是提高政府诚信度的重要保证。然而。扬州市政府却因扬州卖地事件损害了自己的公信力。究其原因,主要是政府在此次事件中缺乏以民为本的理念。依法行政的观念淡薄,科学发展的意识欠缺。因此,增强地方政府公信力,地方政府必须牢固树立科学的行政理念,大力推进政府法治化进程,建立政府诚信监督机制及民众与政府良性互动机制,完善政府诚信管理体系。     

韩国地方政府绩效管理实践及其对中国的启示——以富川市构建平衡计分卡系统为例

近年来,韩国在运用平衡计分卡改进地方政府绩效管理实践上成效显著。富川市是在韩国构建平衡计分卡系统的标杆组织,其经验对平衡计分卡的中国化具有以下几点启示:要明确引进平衡计分卡的目的;要提高公务员对平衡计分卡系统的认识水平;要以培养内部专家为主;对新的绩效管理体系的开发不急于求成;指标的设置要力求真实反映国情民意及地区之间的差异;实施完整的变革管理程序;要谨慎处理公民参与评价的程度。     

Institutional Arrangements and State and Local Financial Forecasting

Abstract

The articles in this symposium present various consequences that effectively result in changes from adopted budgets during the implementation phase, which derive from institutional structure. The institutional structures referred to include such attributes as internal policy, procedural methodology, longevity in office, and reward and incentive systems related to performance outcomes

For local governments, structural influences studied include changes in leadership in the executive and legislative branches, longevity in office of budget administrators, and differences related to mayor-council vs. council-manager forms of government. Internal policies reported on cover methodology used to forecast revenues such as quantitative methods versus informed judgment, budgetary controls and spending policy related to mandated spending beyond local government control, and procedures for benchmarking within the agency as well as with peer groups and professional standards.

Consortia of governments are referenced regarding performance evaluation as is the process for gaining consensus between the executive and legislative branches, including expert outside opinion. Other influences on performance outcomes reported on are those tied to the risk-reward system built in to the institutional structure, which includes risk tolerance of the individuals who make pension fund investments.     

Managing Social Risk in China Local Administration: An Examination of SSRA Initiative

Social Stability Risk Assessment (SSRA) sponsored by the local administration is perceived as a socially defined risk-coping initiative since it became mandatory in China. This article observes and unravels SSRA practices by selecting Xuzhou municipality as a sample case. Findings show that local SSRA is operated by the tridimensional mechanism and antecedents of its effectiveness in enforcement are linked with multiple elements of administrative supports. The findings contribute to a full understanding of SSRA in mainland China where there is no electoral democratic regime, and provide implications for developing countries alike. Some recommendations are proposed as a potential driver of these results.     

地方政府借贷监管体系构建的国际经验与启示

政府监管是解决市场失灵的一种有效机制。尽管世界各国的政府监管模式各有不同,构建的背景和内容也有所区别,但都是基于以矫正和解决市场失灵为目的而建立的。当下我国正处于转轨时期,虽然设立了相应的政府监管机构,但不论是理念还是职能上都偏重于传统意义上的监管,与现代意义上的监管还相差甚远。加之当前我国的市场经济体制还不健全,政府的管理理念与发展方式还保留着计划经济时期的传统,法制环境还不完善。因此,如何把我国传统的政府监管转变为现代意义的政府监管就显得尤为重要。这不仅能提高政府的监管能力,建立独立、公开、透明的现代监管体系,同时还是健全和完善市场经济体制,融入经济全球化进程的必然要求。