胡安·林茨民主转型理论述评

A Review of Theory of Transition to Democracy by Juan Linz

民主转型的路径和民主巩固的条件,是比较政治学民主化研究的重要课题。胡安·林茨以毕生的精力建立了系统性的民主化研究框架。首先,不断完善非民主政体的类型学区分;第二,分析民主转型的途径;第三,指出民主巩固的必要条件;同时,他将非民主政体的类型划分与民主转型和民主巩固紧密结合。林茨的民主转型理论有机结合了中观与微观的分析视角,并且捍卫了政治制度在民主化研究中的中心地位,为研究各国政治变迁提供了重要的分析框架。

The paths of democracy transition and the conditions strengthening democracy are the important issue of the democracy research in the field of comparative politics.Juan Linz contributed his whole life to the establishment of the system of the framework of democracy.Firstly,the typology differentiation of the incessant optimization of the non-democracy regime;secondly,the analysis of the paths of the democracy transitions;thirdly,revealing the necessary conditions for democracy solidification;fourthly,the close combination of typology delimitation of non-democracy regime with democracy transition and democracy solidification.Juan Linz's democracy transition theory integrated organically the meso and micro analysis perspectives and guaranteed the central position of the political regulation in the democracy research,providing significant analysis framework for exploring the political transition in all countries.