现代中国民主成长的历史基础与现实取向

在现代中国政治发展的历史进程中，中国民主次第呈现出四层涵义：民主既是一种价值理念，又是一种国家制度；既是一种社会行动，又是一种治理机制。作为当代中国政治形态的核心表征，中国民主在其成长历程中形成了三大传统：即实现民主发展同“公平与正义”、“改革与发展”及“执政与治理”之间的有效结合。现代中国民主之四层涵义与三大传统构成了中国民主成长的深刻历史基础。由此在国家建设与政治发展中实现中国民主四层涵义之间的有机联结，并实现中国民主成长三大传统之间的有效贯通，遂成为当下中国民主建设的两大现实取向。

Historical Foundation and Reality Orientations for the Growth of Democracy in Modern China

In the modern political development of China,the meaning of Chinese democracy had four successive levels:it is not only a kind of value,but also a form of state institution;it is not only a social action,but also a governance mechanism.As the core trait of contemporary Chinese political pattern,democracy has formed three major traditions in its course:to achieve the effective combinations between democratic development withfairness and justice,reform and development,andruling and governance.The four meaning...