The Development Context and Change Logic of the CPC Inner-Party Accountability System—An Analytical Perspective Based on the Historical Institutionalism
As an important way for the CPC to conduct full and rigorous Party self-governance,the inner-Party accountability system has experienced a century-old journey covering the initial development period,tortuous development period,recovery development period and all-round development period.From the perspective of historical institutionalism,the changes of the accountability system within the Party are the result of the interaction of the macro environment,political variables,key nodes and path dependence.Changes in the institutional environment have led to the changes of the intra-Party accounta-bility system.Political variables such as the policy and concept of strict Party self-governance promote the improvement of the intra-Party accountability system.Key nodes determine the trend of the inner-Party accountability system.And path dependence continuously strengthens the accountability system within the Party.Overall,evolution of the inner-Party accountability system shows the distinctive characteristics of systematization and rule of law,showing the historical experience of adhering to the leadership of the Par-ty as the foundation,seizing the ″key minority″as the guidance,and taking the full coverage supervision as the approach.It is an epitome of the continuous development and improvement of China's inner-Party legal and institutional system.
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