后现代理论对西方官僚制的解构

The Deconstruction of Western Bureaucracy by Post-modern Theories

官僚制与现代化的发展相辅相成,西方官僚制在促进现代化发展的同时带来了诸多弊病,产生了严重的现代性危机,因而受到后现代理论的猛烈批判。后现代理论主要从官僚制的效率、技术专家治国、官僚制主体及其公共性、官僚制权威及官僚制治理风险等五个方面进行了解构。从另一个意义上说,后现代理论的这种批判或解构为官僚制的完善提供了一个全新的理论视野,对于我国现阶段的体制改革与制度创新也不无借鉴价值。

Western bureaucracy not only promotes modernization, but also brings about many disadvan- tages, resulting in a severe modern crisis; consequently, it has drawn fierce criticism from post-modem theories. Post-modem theories deconstruct such aspects as the efficiency of bureaucracy, the subjects and commonality of bureaucracy, authority and risks of bureaucracy. In another sense, the criticism, or decon- struetion, from post-modem theories offers a new theoretical vision to improve bureaucracy, providing reference for system reform and institutional innovation in present China.