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A Discussion On The Contemporary Government Credit And Its Institutional Construction

Posted on:2005-02-14Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y F LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2156360122999662Subject:Foreign political system
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Government credit is an important content of responsible government. Asa part of politics ethics, it is a signal of the democratic and nomocracygovernment. But, it is very common that the government pursue interest inspite of credit cost. So many governments face huge credit deficit, and thegovernment credit crisis emerges. The understanding of government credit iscrucial to the transformation of the ideal of government credit and theestablishment of the credit system. This article is based on the essence ofgovernment credit, and combines with the actuality of Chinese governmentcredit, and analyzes the main reason of the credit short. Finally, it discusseshow to establish the government credit system. Credit is originated from the personal character of being honest andkeeping faith. Then it develops business rules in economic fields. At last, itbecomes the significant principle of laws. When it is adopted in the publicfields, it becomes the government credit we refer to. We can know theessence of government credit from two aspects. To the government itself, thegovernment credit is the capability of keeping faith and getting trust. To thedemos, it is the reflection of psychology that the governance influences thesocial groups and the peoples. The government credit is instructed by the contemporary constitutionpolitics theory. It is a kind of social contract that the government mustperform the duty it promised when it hold the public power. The socialcontrast theory confirms the rule of power between the government and thepublic in modern politics. The right and obligation in contrast establish thecorrespond credit duty of government when it fulfils its function. Government credit is significant in the political course. Firstly, it is theessential condition for the government to get its legitimate authority.Secondly, government credit is the objective appeal to reduce the cost ofpolitical operation and improve the management efficiency. Finally, -42-Government's credit is the important guarantee of setting up the social creditorder. With the development of social structure transition and political systemreform, Chinese government make ahead on social management. Anundeniable one is, while making enormous economic performance, theconstruction of credit, especially government's credit has not got the dueattention. It is mostly Shown in the following several aspects: Theadministrative policy lacking the stability and continuity; government'sbehavior lacking openness, etc. Once the government or its officer break its promise, it will lost thereverence, trust and support from the public, and the government's regnantfoundation will be weakened. According to the classical political theory, thegovernment evolves from the public will and its accredit. At the same time,as the executant of public power, government is composed of many officialsand bureaucracies. They are the real executors and get their interest from thegovernment organism. By the assumption that the economy human is selfish,the government servants will pursue to maximize their own profits. Theself-profit existence is a kind of necessity in the government. But thus there ispossibility of breaking one's promise and seeking profits. The officials arecomparatively in control of the political operation, the responsibility and rightsystem, but it is very difficult for the public to obtain true information ofthese situations.It is the contemporary democracy demand to promote the government creditby the power of the institutions, and to decrease the possibility of governmentcredit short. The realization of government credit relies on itsinstitutionalization. The institution and the law are the fundamental guaranteeto maintain and improve the government credit.The inspiration and restriction mechanism should be established to form theregular interest oriented and administration sphere, to inspire...
Keywords/Search Tags:Institutional
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