公民社会理念与转型时期的中国社会进程

公民社会理念是从西方社会中孕生并发育起来的。20世纪末叶,这一理念再度复兴,几近形成一股全球性的政治思潮。晚近以来,公民社会理念也引起了国内政治学界的极大关注,一些学者相应地提出了“社会主义公民社会”的概念,用以解说转型时期的中国社会进程。本文旨在理清公民社会理念演进的脉络与在时下复兴的原因,探讨公民社会与市场经济、民主政治、渐进性改革之间的内在联系,为转型时期中国社会的发展提供有益的思考。 

The Idea of Civil Society and the Social Process of China In a Period of Transformation

The idea of civil society was born and developed in western society.It was revived at the end of the 20 th century in later period of last cen and almost formed a wave of global political thought. Recently, the idea of civil society has caused great attention from the political field in China; some scholars raise Socialism Civil Society as a mode to analyze the social process of China in a period of transformation. The aims of this paper are to make clear how the idea of civil society changes and why it is popular now, and discuss the intrinsic relations between civil society and market economy, democracy politics and gradual reforms to provide some helpful reference to the social development of China in a period of transformation.