摘要
论文在追溯地方治理的演进过程和制度性理论的基础上,勾勒了地方治理的分析途径,并发展出整合该类文献各种流派的地方治理模型,展示了上个世纪世界各地实行过的比较典型的地方治理的模型和制度。论文认为现代地方政府的作用在于同时应对市场失灵和政府失灵。这一作用要求地方政府承担以下角色:地方服务的购买者,由政府供给者和政府以外的实体组成的网络的推动者,以及在共同治理领域作为州和中央政府的守夜人和监督者。此外,地方政府还要扮演协调者的角色,协调不同的实体和网络,从而增进协作并利用社区未开发的力量来改善居民生活质量。
This article traces the evolution and analytical underpinnings of local governance, and outlines analytical approaches to local governance that can be helpful in understanding the role of governments and comparing and contrasting institutional arrangements. It presents stylized models and institutions of local governance as practiced in different parts of the world during past centuries. It suggests that the modern role of a local government is to deal with market failure as well as government failure. This role requires a local government to operate as a purchaser of local services, a facilitator of networks of government providers and entities beyond government, and a gatekeeper and overseer of state and national governments in areas of shared rule. Local government also needs to play a mediator’s role among various entities and networks to foster greater synergy and harness the untapped energies of the broader community for improving the quality of life of residents.
出处
《公共行政评论》
2009年第3期76-106,共31页
Journal of Public Administration
关键词
地方治理
央地关系
备选模式
Local Governance, Central-Local Relations, Alternative Models
作者简介
沙安文（Anwar Shah），世界银行学院，首席经济学家；
沙萨娜（Sana Shah），华盛顿大学圣路易斯分校（密苏里州），学生；
刘亚平，中山大学政治与公共事务管理学院、行政管理研究中心，副教授。
