不同的民主观——托克维尔民主思想研究

The Different Ideas of Democracy——A Study of Tocqueville's Democratic Theory

托克维尔是著名的民主理论家,在第一波民主化浪潮开始之际就预见到了民主社会的普遍到来。不同于当代的民主理论家,托克维尔提供了更"厚"意义的民主观念。将托克维尔的民主观念置于民主化改革的背景下,有助于深化对托克维尔民主思想的认识,提炼托克维尔民主化转型的分析框架,指出程序民主在分析民主化转型中形式化、一元化的弊端,并在此基础上分析托克维尔民主观念的理论优势。

Tocqueville is famous for his study of democracy. He foresaw the coming of democratic society at the beginning of the first wave of democratization. Unlike contemporary scholars of democracy,he provided a broader concept of democracy. Placing his theory in the background of democratic reforms can contribute to the study of his theory of democracy,and help understand the problems of procedural democracy.