论中东市民社会及其特征

On the Middle East Civil Societys and Their Features

中东市民社会是建立在阿拉伯-伊斯兰文化背景下,且是在自愿、自治基础上形成,合法地履行现代政治功能的有组织的社会结构,其组织形式主要包括一些非国家行为者和非政府组织,诸如政党、贸易联盟、职业协会、社团发展协会及其他一些利益集团。中东市民社会是客观存在的,并随着经济的现代转型而渐趋成熟。市民社会和国家并不仅仅是此消彼长的关系,在更多情况下是与民主化进程相一致的。妥当处理二者关系是中东国家民主化面临的共同课题。

The Middle East civil societies are well-organised social structures while practising their modern political functions,formed on the basis of Arab-Islamic cultural background,autonomously and of their own accord.They are mainly composed of such non-state players and non-government organizations as political parties,commerce unions,professional associations,social development societies and some other interest groups.The Middle East civil societies exist objectively and are getting to their maturity along with the modern economic transition in the region.Civil societies are mostly in accordance with the democratization progress in a nation.It is the common task for the Middle East countries to deal with the relations between civil societies and states.