民主的思想谱系及其有效运行的分析框架

Genealogy of Democratic Thoughts and the Framework of Making Democracy Work Effectively

民主的思想谱系聚焦于观念史的视角,探究民主话语在不同时期的兴衰演进,从柏拉图到托克维尔皆以谨慎的姿态看待民主,究其原因在于对"多数人暴政"的担忧,不受法治约束的民主会导向"极权式的民主"。民主的运转需要法治来维护,这体现了治理能力发展的内在要求。民主思想的历史光谱为理解民主制度建设提供了可资参考的镜像,注重法治与效率的国家能力建设,维护公众权利,回应公众诉求,促进公共性的有机成长构成深入推进民主有效运行的基本框架。

Genealogy of democratic thoughts focuses on the history of ideas. While analyzing the evolution of democratic discourses in detail, democracy had been cautiously viewed from Plato to Tocqueville for worrying about the risk of ＂the Tyranny of the Majority＂ and the democracy Making Democracy work needs the rule of law and it without rule of law would lead to Totalitarian Democracy. shows the inner requirements of governance capacity development. The genealogy of democratic thoughts will provide the mirror of understanding democratic system construction. State capacity buildingon rule of law and efficiency, the maintenance of civil rights, response to the citizen needs and improvement of the organic growth of publicness constitute the basic framework of making democracy work effectively.