Why Does Policy Suspension Occur in Primary-Level Governance?——An Organizational Explanation Based on"Indicator Interfering Zone"
In the context of primary-level governance,policy suspension is a frequently observed phenome-non,but academic research that directly faces this issue is lacking,and why policy suspension occurs remains an unsolved mystery.This empirical study based on primary-level governance scene in M town in-dicates that the"indicator interfering zone"is a structured and stable mechanism for promoting policy susp-ension.The indicator driven approach in primary-level governance not only triggers the"reproduction"of suspended political authority,but also leads to behavioral deviations in the implementation of policies by grassroots governments in the process of localization.The resulting suspended local translation and disemb-edded policy execution have disrupted two-way effectiveness,giving rise to"indicator interfering zone".As a result,while driving grassroots governments to approach closer the bureaucracy,it is not only difficult to accurately transmitting the signals of people's livelihood from the national will to the rural society,but also difficult to fully consider the demands of the people in the implementation of policies in a localized manner,presenting a suspended form of"text as reality and quality as virtuality".Due to the triple organizational characteristics of institutionalization,systematization and contextualization of"indicator interfering zone",its associated effects beyond promoting policy suspension cannot be ignored.In this regard,the academic construction of"indicator interfering zone"not only helps to understand the occurrence mechanism of policy suspension in the context of China thoroughly,but also provides new theoretical references for strengthening the modernization construction of the system and capacity for primary-level governance.