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Power Supervision Reforms in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis Based on a Perspective of Path Dependenc(PDF)

《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]

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2013年05期
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5-12
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Title:
Power Supervision Reforms in China and Vietnam: A Comparative Analysis Based on a Perspective of Path Dependenc
Author(s):
CAI Linhui
Keywords:
power supervision formal rules informal rules vested interest groups
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Abstract:
Viewed from a micro perspective of path dependence, power supervision reforms in China and Vietnam show both similarities and differences in three aspects. In terms of formal rules, the two countries share the same underlying driving force for reform and the same practice orientation, but show differences in the constitutional system, the mode of governance and legal regulation due to their different histories and traditions. In terms of informal rules, they have the common obstacle to reform which results from the worship of power and the political culture characterized by obedience, but their different ideologies and cultural beliefs make them different in understanding the power supervision reform both in theory and in practice. Due to the same inertia against reform caused by the invested interest groups, it is almost impossible for them to achieve internal supervision because they hold similar attitude toward reform and having the similar cost of risk; but they have different difficulties and pressures in reform due to their differences in the speed and amount of accumulating powergenerated profits and in distribution of social resources. In essence, the success of power supervision reforms in China and Vietnam is determined by whether the ruling parties in the two countries can play a “locomotive” role in the power supervision reform and keep an effective control of the reform process.

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