Order in Transitional China and Its Institutional Logic

作     者：He Yanling Wang Guanglong He Yanling;Wang Guanglong;Gong Huayan

作者机构：School of Government Sun Yat-Sen University 

出 版 物：《Social Sciences in China》 (中国社会科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第38卷第2期

页      面：56-75页

学科分类：0303[法学-社会学] 03[法学] 

主　　题：order in transitional China incidents of unrest governance structure 

摘      要：The development of order in transitional China is not merely a matter of institutional supply, hut also a matter of defining the state＇s special roles and functions in the transition period. Since reform and opening up, China has sought to realize the twin governance aims of high speed development of the socialist economy and maintenance of stability, which require that the state simultaneously undertake the dual roles of modern government and national capital. The consequent adjustments to the governance structure are expressed in the state＇s devolution of power to the market while reserving government pricing power; devolution of power to local governments while reserving power over central tasks; and affirming social rights while reserving the power to approve social organizations. At the institutional level, the externalities produced by this ＂quasi-decentralized governance structure＂ are marked by the shrinkage of arrangements for collective welfare, the absence of mechanisms for routine security in ordinary life, and the development of mechanisms that allow the government to profit from the market. This may result in the instrumentalization of government functions and the capitalization of public power, producing imbalances in the distribution of social rights, wealth and risk, or in other words, social instability.