西方政治转型理论及其影响评析

西方政治转型理论既是传统政治发展理论的承接和延续,也是20世纪70年代后期以来南欧、拉美、东亚等地区的威权政体向民主政体转型而产生的理论总结和分析。其核心内容在于对与政治体制转型因素和政治体制转型之间关系的研究,其关注重心在于对威权主义政体向民主政体转型的动因、过程、后果的动态分析。不同的方法论分析框架形成了政治转型的不同逻辑。关注和研究政治转型理论及其影响对我国发展社会主义民主、推动政治、经济的协调发展以及建构社会主义和谐社会是非常必要的。

Western Political Transformation Theory and its Influences

The western political transformation theory is the continuance of traditional political development theory and is the summary and analysis of the transformation from authoritative polity to democratic polity of South Europe,Latin Ameriea and Eastern Asia.The kernel lies in the research of the relationship between the factors of the transformation and the transformation itself.The focus is the dynamical analysis of the causes,process and consequence of the transformation from authoritative polity to democratic polity.Different methodological analyses form different logic for the political transformation.The study of the political transformational theory and its influences is of great necessity to developing our socialist democracy,promoting the harmonious development of politics and economy and constructing a harmonious socialist society.