论萨托利的直接与间接民主理论及对我国宪政建设的启示

On Sartori's Theory about Direct and Indirect Democracy and Its Enlightenment to China's Constitutional Construction

萨托利认为,直接民主仅仅在古希腊的范围很小的城邦进行过实验,不具有普遍性;比较成功地在一个民族国家范围内的民主政治实践实际上是间接民主。当前,我国正在进行以民主政治为主要内容的社会主义和谐社会的建设事业,要用正确的民主理论来教育、引导广大的人民群众,正确认识我国现行的人民代表大会制度的性质是间接民主制度,这一制度符合我国国情。应强化人大代表的职权职责,尽快建立科学的违宪审查制度,加强对权力的监督约束。

Sartori believes that direct dentocracy is carried out merely in the ancient Greece, which does not have the universality, and relatively suceessful democratic practice in a nation-state is actually indirect democracy. Presently, our country is carring on the construction project of socialist harmonious society taking politics as main content. It is an indirect demoratic system to cducatc and guide the masses of people with correct democratic theory and understanding our country＇s current people＇s congress systems. Sartori＇s thcory could help us understand constitutionism correctly and promot China＇s constitutioual construction.