论我国民主政治的程序化

On Procedural Democratic Politics

民主的实质是保证个人自由的实现,使人民当家作主。民主有实体民主与程序民主之分。相对实体民主而言,程序民主具有优先价值和监督控权、协调稳定和修正弥补三方面的保障功能。因而,程序民主在现代民主政治中占有重要的地位。当前我国的民主理论与民主实践存在较大的反差。我国民主政治的特点和现状,当前政治改革的现实要求和长远目标,国外广大发展中国家政治民主化的经验都要求今后我国政治民主化的重点应转向程序民主建设。

The democracy, whose essence is to ensure people＇s individual freedom and make them the master of their own affairs, is classified as substantial democracy and procedural democracy. As is discussed in this essay, compared with substantial democracy, procedural democracy enjoys priority and plays the function of supervision and controlling, coordination and stabilization, remedy and modification. Consequently procedural democracy occupies an important place in modem democratic politics. However, there exists distinctive contrast between our democratic theory and practice. The current situation and features presented in our democratic politics, the demand of political reform and our long-term objectives and the experience of political democratization drawn from overseas developing countries all require that the focus of our political democratization be set on the development of procedural democracy.