The Contemporary Construction of Chinese International Law Discourse

Zeng, Lingsen

doi:10.1080/02529203.2011.625177

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…However, in reality, the degree of information asymmetry between the public and grassroots governments is generally high; the former has limited understanding of and involvement in grassroots governance, therefore the efficacy of public's assessment is relatively limited. Second, the public's assessment should be built on a multi-dimensional governance structure and a high level of publicness; however, there are many problems in realizing such institutional conditions (Li et al, 2012;Zhou, 2008). Third, the functioning of public evaluation requires the support of scientific sampling and high-level public opinion polling; however, at the present stage, these conditions are hardly available even in economically developed cities.…”

Section: Impression-based Performance Evaluation and Governance Innov...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“Paired competition”: A new mechanism for the innovation of urban grassroots governance

Huang

Zhou

2023

Chinese Journal of Sociology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In recent years, the focus of urban grassroots governance in China has experienced a fundamental change in direction from economic growth to public service and social management. Economic growth can be easily quantified while public service and social management cannot, thus performance evaluation is largely dependent on “impression-based results”. Under such circumstances, a new mechanism of “paired competition” has been put in place to pair superior vertical lines of authority ( tiao) with subordinate horizontal levels of grassroots governments ( kuai) on a voluntary basis. Pairs compete with other pairs in areas of public services and social management. Paired competition can facilitate close cooperation between the tiao side and the kuai side, promote innovation, and generate quick “impression-based results”. However, the mechanism also generates negative incentives, which lead to for excessive innovation and the reluctance to adopt good practices on the part of rival pairings. The case study detailed here is that of a “community analysis tool” promoted by the civil affairs bureau of “district A” in a major Chinese city. In addition to examining the organizational and operational logic of “paired competition”, this study also compared “paired competition” with the traditional methods of the “promotion tournament competition” and “special-purpose project system”.

show abstract

Section: Impression-based Performance Evaluation and Governance Innov...mentioning

confidence: 99%