国家权力与制度建构原则——西方政治传统中的思想逻辑辨析

State Power and Principles of Institution Formation:An Analysis of the Tradition of Western Political Thought

在西方政治传统中的思想传承,不同时期的思想家对国家权力与制度建构原则,都有不同的思想论述和制度安排,其中蕴含着国家主义政治逻辑和立宪主义政治逻辑两大主要倾向,在个人、社会与国家的政治链条中,对于国家权力具有不同的逻辑定位和制度指向。从现代国家治理的原理出发,国家权力与制度建构,应有一些基本的制度建构原则,这些原则及其蕴含的"抑恶"与"扬善"的制度功能,应为中国国家治理中的制度体系建构提供有益借鉴。

On the problem of state power and principles of institution formation,there were distinct theoretic description and institutional arrangement given by various political theorists in the tradition of Western political thought.Among these description and arrangement,the＇statism＇and the＇constitutionalism＇are the two main contrast logical trends,which place the state power in different positions in the political chain of the individuals,the society and the state.According to the theory of the governance of modern state,there should be basic principles in the formation of state and institutions,which realize the institutional functions of＇restraining the evil＇and＇raising the good＇.These principles would benefit the formation of institutional system in the state governance in China.