The dynamics of the city-managing-county model in China: implications for rural–urban interaction
The dynamics of the city-managing-county model in China: implications for rural–urban interaction
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DOI：
10.1177/0956247814566905
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发表时间：
2015-04
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Zhenjie Yang;Alfred M. Wu
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作者：
Zhenjie Yang;Alfred M. Wu
本文旨在为非西方威权主义背景下的城乡互动和城市化提供新的视角。它描述了后毛泽东时代中国的变化，从限制城乡互动的城乡垂直分离的政府层级，到城市管理县的模式，城市周围的农村县归市政府管辖。本文通过实地调查和统计数据，阐明了这一模式的动态性和复杂性，认为城市官僚对城市的偏爱和中央政府对经济增长的优先考虑往往意味着对农村发展的关注和对县政府的支持不足。本文还对中国近年来省管县模式的发展进行了评述，认为在以城市为中心的行政体制下，当前的改革能否改变中国的政治和行政均衡，仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。
This paper aims to shed fresh light on rural–urban interaction and urbanization in a non-Western authoritarian context. It describes the change in post-Mao China from very vertical and separate government hierarchies for rural and urban areas, which inhibited rural–urban interactions, to a city-managing-county model, with rural counties around a city coming under the jurisdiction of the city government. Drawing on field research and statistical data, the paper elucidates the dynamics and complexities of this model, arguing that the combination of city-based bureaucrats favouring the city and the priority given to economic growth mandated by the central government often meant a lack of attention to rural development and support for county government. The paper also comments on the recent development of the province-managing-county model in China, and argues that given an urban-centred administrative system, whether the current reform can change the political and administrative equilibrium in China remains an open question.