中西方协商民主之价值取向比较

The Comparative Analysis of Deliberative Democracy's Value Orientations Between China and the West

协商民主代表着新的理论变化和实践方向。在我国,党的十八大提出要健全社会主义协商民主;在西方,面对棘手的现实问题以及自由主义民主的弊病,西方亦提出了协商民主。然中西方协商民主有着本质上的区别,且价值取向上的差异尤为明显———西方偏重于个人主义,我国则偏重于集体(整体)主义。这种价值取向差异既体现着中西方协商民主的不同性质,也影响着中西方协商民主的不同实践。

Deliberative democracy represents the latest change of the theory and practice. In China, The eighteenth National Con- gress of the CPC proposed to perfect the socialist deliberative democracy. In the west, deliberative democracy has been introduced as a result of a series of challenging practical problems and the increasing disadvantages of liberal democracy. At the same time, the two are different in nature of the deliberative democracy, especially the value orientation - the West emphasizes on individualism, China emphasizes on collectivism, and these differences embody the different nature and practice between China and the West.