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Land, Village Chief and Township Government: Comparative Case Studies of Contemporary China

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K16591
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Area studies
Research InstitutionInstitute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization

Principal Investigator

REN ZHE  独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, 新領域研究センター ガバナンス研究グループ, 研究員 (90434381)

Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords中国 / 基層政治 / 郷鎮政府 / 村 / 土地 / 村民自治 / 集団経済 / プリンシパル・エージェント / 都市化 / 村民委員会
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The relationship between a township leader and a village chief in contemporary China is something of a political puzzle. Researchers have maintained that China’s bureaucratic system contains a very important political contracting framework. Accordingly, previous research argued that political contracting was applied to leadership positions at both the town and village levels, making comparable ‘contractual’ demands on township leaders and village chiefs. Certain characteristics of the two positions, however, differ significantly in their implications for leadership performance and accountability.
Our research addressed this issue by constructing a new framework to account for the complexities and subtleties that have emerged in the relationships between the two different types of leaders working in their respective spatio-organizational settings under conditions of rapid socioeconomic and political transformation.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、現代中国における郷鎮長は村長を代理人として認識すること、郷鎮政府は実績の良い村長に対し昇進に代わる経済的な奨励を与えること、村で自治制度が定着することにより、村長が郷鎮政府の要求より村の利益を重視すること、非協力的な村長を排除するため、郷鎮政府は積極的に村の選挙に関与すること等が指摘できた。これは、政府間に存在するプリンシパル=エージェント関係が行政の末端ではどのような特徴を持つのかを捉えたものであり、政府間関係の議論に大きく貢献できた。さらに、権威主義体制下における村民自治の存在意義を再度問い直すことで、中国の政治体制変容について新たな議論を巻き起こすことが期待できる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 現代中国の基層の政治力学2019

    • Author(s)
      任哲
    • Journal Title

      アジア経済研究所調査研究報告書

      Volume: なし Pages: 1-120

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 三つの旗の下:サンフランシスコ唐人街の国旗2018

    • Author(s)
      任哲
    • Journal Title

      アジア太平洋討究

      Volume: 30

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 公共事業をめぐる都市政治2018

    • Author(s)
      任哲・謝志海
    • Journal Title

      共愛学園前橋国際大学論集

      Volume: 18 Pages: 317-332

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 現代中国の基層における政治力学の総合研究2018

    • Author(s)
      任哲
    • Journal Title

      アジア経済研究所調査報告書

      Volume: なし Pages: 1-80

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 亜州人口困境:農民工的中印比較2017

    • Author(s)
      任哲
    • Journal Title

      2017 Asian Economy Forward-looking Indicator

      Volume: なし Pages: 24-26

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 中国の郷鎮政府は如何にして土地を掌握しているのか2015

    • Author(s)
      張丙宣・任哲
    • Journal Title

      アジ研ワールドトレンド

      Volume: 239 Pages: 35-43

    • NAID

      120006948686

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Public Works and Urban Politics2018

    • Author(s)
      Zhe Ren
    • Organizer
      Shanghai Normal University
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 地鉄与城市的辺界2018

    • Author(s)
      任哲
    • Organizer
      華南農業大学
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Township leaders and village chiefs in contemporary China2017

    • Author(s)
      Zhe Ren
    • Organizer
      Center for Chinese Studies, UC Berkeley
    • Place of Presentation
      UC Berkeley
    • Year and Date
      2017-02-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Township leaders and village chiefs in contemporary China2017

    • Author(s)
      Zhe Ren
    • Organizer
      South Political Science Accosiation
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleands, USA
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 都市の境界と地下鉄:政府主導の都市化をいかに理解するか2017

    • Author(s)
      任哲・謝志海
    • Organizer
      アジア政経学会全国大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 「農村都市化と集団経済の変容:郷鎮と村の関係をいかに捉えるか」加藤弘之・梶谷懐編『二重の罠を超えて進む中国型資本主義』2016

    • Author(s)
      任哲
    • Total Pages
      330
    • Publisher
      ミネルヴァ書房
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] 経済低成長期の中国政治2017

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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