委托-代理理论下农村学前教育政府间责任关系构建——以四地农村个案调查为例

The Establishment of Inter-Governmental Relationship in Rural Preschool Education Based on the Principal-Agent Theory:A Multiple Case Study in Four County Regions

委托-代理理论作为政府间责任划分的重要理论基础之一,对构建重心合理、权责清晰的农村学前教育政府间责任关系具有重要启示意义。研究对四个不同发展水平的农村地区进行了深入调研,发现在央地政府间委托-代理关系上,普遍倡导县政府为农村学前教育发展的责任主体,但县政府实际履职能力各有差异;在县域内基层政府间委托-代理关系上,则存在"责任上收、责任分担和责任下放"三种不同类型。研究对当前农村学前教育发展中政府间委托-代理关系存在的问题进行了剖析,并根据委托-代理的自我修复理论提出了破解关键问题的对策建议。

The principal-agent theory is one of the widely used theories when discussing the inter-governmental relationship. Based on the theory, the research surveyed four rural areas of different developmental levels, finding that the county government should take primary responsibility as a local agent, and there are three types of agent action models concerning different relationships among county government, township government and village community. This paper also proposes policy suggestions for optimizing the principal-agent modals.