应对全球化:当代西方国家与社会关系理论的新趋向

The New Trend of Modern Theories of State-society Relations in the West

传统民族国家框架下的国家与社会关系理论日益面临全球化的挑战。一方面是民族国家的某些职能与角色正备受冲击,另一方面则是跨国公司和非政府组织等社会行为体的地位与作用日显其重,但基于对民族国家内在的适应性和不可替代性、公民社会脆弱的独立性及对国家的依赖性的考虑,西方学者大多肯定全球化进程中国家的地位与作用,承认全球化在打破国家与社会的传统边界和力量均衡的同时,也使两者合作与冲突的机会相应增加。在他们看来,欲求两者间和谐与健康的关系模式,必须在国家和公民社会这两个支点上同时着力,进行双向的、多维的良性建构。

The theory of the state-society relations in the fame of traditional national states is confronted with challenges from globalization. For one thing, some of the functions and roles of the national states are impinged, on the other hand, the position and functions of the multinationals and NGOs are on the rise. However, given the characteristics of the national states such as their inherent flexibility and irreplaceable position, and the vulnerable independence of the civil society and its reliance on the state, most western scholars confirm the status and functions of the national states in the process of globalization. They agree that while globalization has broken through the traditional boundaries between the state and the society and the balanced powers of the two, it also created opportunities for collaboration and conflicts accordingly. In order to establish a harmonious mode of relation, it is necessary that both sides should be worked on to seek a multidimensional frame of relations aimed at mutual benefits.