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1、ABSTRACTTitleofDocument:BRINGSTHEPOLITICSBACKIN:POLITICALINCENTIVEANDPOLICYDISTORTIONINCHINACiqiMei,DOCTOROFPHILOSOPHY,2009DirectedBy:ProfessorMargaretPearson,DepartmentofGovernmentandPoliticsThisdissertationexploreswhysomecommendablepolicygoalssetbythecentralgovernm
2、entofChinahavebeenleftunmetatthelocallevels.Observingthesignificanceofpolicybehaviorsoflocalofficialsinproducingpolicyoutcomesintheirjurisdictions,itattributestheapparentpolicydistortiontothe“incorrect”incentivesthatlocalofficialsfacenow.Differentfromthosefocusingont
3、heneweconomicincentiveofferedbythenewdecentralizationarrangementduringthereformera,thisstudylooksintothenatureofpoliticalincentivesembeddedintheoldtop-downcadremanagementsystemtoseehowlocalofficialsare“incentivized”politicallytoproducedistortedpolicyoutcomes.Byinvest
4、igatingformalrulesgoverninglocalchiefs’turnoversandactualpastturnoversoftheprefecturalchiefsinZhejiangandHubeiprovincesduringthereformera,thisstudyfindsoutthatthetop-downpoliticalincentiveisunbalancedbynatureinthatpromotioncriteriaforlocalchiefsslantheavilytolocalchi
5、efs’achievements(zhengji)inpromotinglocaleconomicgrowthwhiletheirperformanceinotherpolicyissuesareneglectedatlarge.Itarguesthatsuchunbalancednatureoftop-downpoliticalincentivehasinducedlocalofficialstodivertmoreeffortstopursue“mindless”economicgrowthatthecostofotherc
6、ommendablegoals;policydistortionthereforeemergesastheconsequenceofunbalancedpoliticalincentive.Thisdissertationcontinuestoexplainwhytheapparentpolicydistortionhaspersisted.Byinvestigatingfivecasesillustratingthewaythecenterdealswithlocalpolicydistortion,itarguesthatt
7、hecentralgovernmentisunwilling,unableandineffectivetosanctionpolicydistortionbecauseoftheinnateconflictbetweentheindirectmanagementtoolthecenterusesandthemultiplegovernancegoalsitdesiresfor.Theunbalancednatureofcurrenttop-downpoliticalincentiveisthereforepredetermine
8、dandpolicydistortionpersists.Thisdissertationcontributestothegeneraldiscussiononcentral-localdynamicsinChinabybringingbackthetop-do
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