和谐社会建设与民主政治发展之关系论析

On the Relationship between Construction of Harmonious Society and Development of Democratic Politics

和谐社会建设是指一个社会和睦的、协调的、融洽的关系及其规范和制度新创立或新增加的过程及其结果。和谐社会建设创造民主政治发展的基本前提:社会的和谐、政治社会中成员资格的确认和尊重、非政治社会中的成员资格的承认和尊重、社会团结和服从大多数原则的确立、特殊群体和弱势群体权利的保障。和谐社会建设提供民主政治发展的物质、文化、法制和安全稳定等条件。

The author maintains that the meaning of constructing harmonious society includes two points： a peaceful, harmonious and friendly relation and regulation for this relation, and the process and results of creating or adding new systems. Construction of harmonious society sets up the basic prerequisite for developing democratic politics which includes harmony of social relation, identification of and respect for members of the political society, acknowledgement of and respect for members of non-political society, establishment of the principles of solidarity and the rule of the majority, security of the rights of the special and the underprivileged groups. Construction of harmonious society provides material, cultural and legal ground and stable conditions for the development of democratic politics.