协商民主与政党制度

Deliberative Democracy and Party System

协商民主是20世纪后期以来西方社会兴起的一种新型民主理论,尽管目前其实际运行的经验还不是很多,但是已经引起了众多中外学者的关注。协商民主关怀的核心是立法和决策达成的形式,而政党是现代民主政治的重要基础,是立法和决策形成的重要参与者。因此,协商民主情境下必然涉及政党和政党制度,现有的政党制度虽然不能按照协商民主的路径行进,但是无论是竞争性还是非竞争性政党制度,都能够从协商民主的理念中获得知识资源而不断得到补充和完善。

Deliberative democracy is a new theory of democracy that appeared in western countries in late 20th century. Though not practiced abundantly, it has aroused the concern of scholars at home and abroad. The core of deliberative democracy lies with the form of agreement in legislature and decision - making while party, an important basis for modern democratic politics, is the important participator in the completion of legislature and decision - making. Deliberative democracy will inevitably be connected with party and party politics. Present party system, competitive or non - competitive, will certainly be benefited from the idea of deliberative democracy though it may not necessarily follow its practices.