中国封建社会农业基础设施建设与治理制度的变迁——以农田水利设施为例

Transition of Agricultural Infrastructure Construction and Governance Institution in Chinese Feudal Period——Examples on the Irrigational Infrastructure

中国封建时期农田水利设施建设绩效辉煌,其中制度起到非常重要的作用。历史上农田水利设施的发展经过了三个波动的阶段,产生了集权型、自治型和混合型三种制度安排与制度变迁,这些制度分别保证了与其相适应的设施建设绩效和灌溉绩效。中国封建时期农田水利设施建设与治理的制度变迁,为今天建立社会主义新农村和实现农业的可持续发展具有重要的启示意义。

There was a brilliant irrigational performance in Chinese feudal period, which was prompted mainly by effective institutions. The history of irrigational infrastructure experienced three phases, correspondingly forming centralized, self-governance and mixed irrigational institutions, which respectively guaranteed the performance of these three phases. This paper takes the analytical framework of ＂infrastructure—participators＇ character—institutional environment＂ to discuss the form of these irrigational institutions. It concludes that the matches among the three contingent variables cause effective institutions.