西方新保守主义民主观述评

对民主问题的见解和看法是新保守主义理论的重要组成部分 ,对战后特别是80年代以来的西方政治思想和政治实践的走向产生了不可低估的影响。其有关自由与平等的观点、精英统治论和限制民主的观点是新保守主义民主观的主要内容。新保守主义在自由主义发生危机时兴起 ,是对自由主义及其政策执行结果的一种全面反思。兼收并蓄自由派和保守派的思想 ,是美国新保守主义的一个主要特点。

An Analysis of the View Concerning Democracy of Western Neo-conservatism

The view and understanding of democracy is the important part of the theory of Neo-conservatism, which has exerted remarkable influences on the trend of western political ideologies and political practices after the Second World War, especially since 1980's. The views concerning democracy of the Neo-conservatism including the relation of freedom and democracy, elite rule and restricted democracy. The neo-conservatism rose at the time when liberalism has experienced crisis, which is a comprehensive reflection of liberalism and the effect of its policies. One of the distinctive characters of American neo-conservatism is that it has taken both the conservative group's view and the liberal group's view.