摘要
民主就是人民当家作主。既然如此,一国人民如何看待"当家作主"的含义、一国体制如何落实"当家作主"就至关重要。本文从理论上区分了两类民主:代表型民主与代议型民主。依据实证材料,本文提出三个论点:第一,中国人民期待一种不同形式的民主,即实质性民主,而不是形式上的民主。这是民主的需求方。第二,中国已在理论和实践发展出一种不同的类型的民主,即代表型民主,而不是代议型民主。这是民主的供给方。第三,尽管中国的政治体制有这样那样的问题,但它基本上符合中国人民对民主的期待,使得中国现在的体制在老百姓心中享有较高的正当性。
Democracy stands for'rule by the people'. If so,it matters how the people of a country understand the meaning of their'rule'and how a country translates such an abstract principle into actual practice. The article makes a distinction between representational democracy and representative democracy. Based on empirical evidence,it presents three arguments:1)Chinese people tend to favor representational democracy over representative democracy(the demand-side);2)China has developed its own kind of representational democracy in theory and in practice(the supply-side);and 3)although China's political system have many serious problems,the practice of representational democracy has made China's party-state fairly responsive to societal needs(the outcomes). As a result,the current regime in China enjoys relatively robust legitimacy across the population.
出处
《开放时代》
CSSCI
北大核心
2014年第2期152-174,8-9,共23页
Open Times
关键词
民主
代议型民主
代表型民主
正当性
群众路线
democracy,representative democracy,representational democracy,legitimacy,mass line
