西方学者视域中的协商民主:理念、价值与限度

协商民主理论是西方社会新兴的一种民主理论范式和实践形态,其基本理念在于强调公民参与的平等性,侧重偏好转换,倡导以公共利益为导向和以公开性的程序为保障。协商民主的兴起,极大地推动了西方民主理论和民主实践的发展,具有重大的理论价值和现实意义,但是协商民主自产生以来就面临着来自各方面的批评和挑战,存在着极大的局限性。协商民主理论要想在实践中发挥更大的理论影响力,就必须要突破其理论自身的限度,不断创新协商民主的实践形式。

Ideal,Value and Limitation:Deliberative Democracy in the Horizon of Western Scholars

Deliberative democracy is a new paradigm of democratic theory and practice which emerged in the West.The basic idea of deliberative democracy is to emphasize the equality of citizen participation,focus on preference transformation,take public interest as its core and take openness procedure as its safeguard.The rise of deliberative democracy has greatly promoted the development of Western democratic theory and democratic practice which has significant theory value and practical significance,but it has been faced with criticism from all sides and challenges since its rise which has significant limitations.If the theory of deliberative democracy wants to play a greater influence in practice,it is necessary to break through its theoretical limitations and innovate new practical forms of deliberative democracy.