参与式民主:网络时代行政法治的新范式

在网络时代,作为各国行政法治主流模式的代议制民主,因其固有的局限,呈现出明显的弊端。为了弥补代议制民主的不足,参与式民主作为一种行政法治的新范式,将成为历史的必然。参与式民主能最大限度地保障公民的参与权利,但其一直被认为是微观民主,无法上升到国家层面。互联网的普及,打破了地域和国别的界限,有效地消除了阻碍参与式民主的信息不对称和规模限制,构建了公民广泛参与行政法治的平台。参与式民主的实现路径体现为公民知情权、参与权、表达权、监督权的保障。

Participatory Democracy:the New Paradigm of Administrative Law in the Internet Age

In the Internet Age,Representative Democracy is the main mode of the national administrative law.However,it has obvious disadvantages and can not be spread across the country.To compensate for the deficiency of Representative Democracy,Participatory Democracy will definitely become a new paradigm of administrative law.Participatory Democracy can maximize the protection of citizens’ participation rights.However,it has always been considered as micro democracy and can not reach the national level.The popularization of Internet breaks down the geographical and national boundaries effectively eliminates the information asymmetry and scale limits which hinders the Participatory Democracy,and provides a platform for broad participation in administrative law for citizens.The protection of citizens’ information right,participation right,expression right and supervision right is the way to realize participatory democracy.