Melanie Manion, Duke University, North Carolina
Melanie Manion is Professor of Political Science at Duke University, North Carolina. Prior to this, she was Vilas-Jordan Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She studied philosophy and political economy at Peking University in the late 1970s, was trained in Far Eastern Studies at McGill University and the University of London, and earned her doctorate in political science at the University of Michigan. She is the recipient of numerous research awards, including awards from the National Science Foundation and Fulbright Foundation. She frequently presents her research in China, Japan, and across the United States. Her publications include work on the Chinese bureaucracy, grassroots elections, and the political economy of corruption and good governance.
发表于2024-10-31
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图书标签: 中国政治 比较政治 基层人大代表 海外中国研究 政治学 社会学 政治社会学 congress
This book investigates the new representation unfolding in Chinese local congresses. Drawing qualitative fieldwork and data analysis from original surveys of 5,130 township, county, and municipal congressmen and women and constituents, Melanie Manion shows the priorities and problems of ordinary Chinese significantly influence both who gets elected to local congresses and what the congresses do once elected. Candidates nominated by ordinary voters are 'good types', with qualities that signal they will reliably represent the community. By contrast, candidates nominated by the communist party are 'governing types', with qualities that reflect officially valued competence and loyalty. However, congressmen and women of both types now largely reject the Maoist-era role of state agent. Instead, they view themselves as 'delegates', responsible for advocating with local government to supply local public goods. Manion argues that representation in Chinese local congresses taps local knowledge for local governance, thereby bolstering the rule of autocrats in Beijing.
基层代表力作
评分和Rory的书有相同的一个观点:中国的人大制度帮助政府了解民众的想法,克服了威权体制的信息问题。区别在于墨宁老师的这本书关注的是基层人大(乡镇和县一级人大),而Rory关注的是全国人大。机制也不尽相同。墨宁的发现是基层政府为了防止出现“写入候选人”当选的情况,往往需要让步让民众提名的、长期在本地生活的人进入基层人大,这样就出现了一些更可能回应民众诉求的人大代表。这些人大代表通过帮民众办一些具体的事情(而不是通过提案,这是与Rory不同之处),让基层政府了解民众关心什么问题。比较可惜的是没有直接检验这些信息是否造成了基层政策的变化(Rory在该问题上有一些案例分析)。
评分和Rory的书有相同的一个观点:中国的人大制度帮助政府了解民众的想法,克服了威权体制的信息问题。区别在于墨宁老师的这本书关注的是基层人大(乡镇和县一级人大),而Rory关注的是全国人大。机制也不尽相同。墨宁的发现是基层政府为了防止出现“写入候选人”当选的情况,往往需要让步让民众提名的、长期在本地生活的人进入基层人大,这样就出现了一些更可能回应民众诉求的人大代表。这些人大代表通过帮民众办一些具体的事情(而不是通过提案,这是与Rory不同之处),让基层政府了解民众关心什么问题。比较可惜的是没有直接检验这些信息是否造成了基层政策的变化(Rory在该问题上有一些案例分析)。
评分标题咋译比较好啊…哭哭????
评分基层代表力作
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