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A Study On Huntington's Theory Of Stable Democratic And Its Value

Posted on:2011-06-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y LvFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360305477964Subject:Political Theory
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Samuel·P·Huntington, a famous politician, is well-known in international politics study for his keen insight and unique theoretical style. The book, Political Order in Changing Societies, is recognized as classic modernization theory of representative. This book has breadth of knowledge on developing countries and analytical insight is amazing. The book, The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, building democracy in developing countries gave valuable advice. Study on democracy and stability of Huntington's theories, no doubt of great theoretical and practical significance. This article attempts to sort out Huntington's stable democracy, a more clearly logical thinking, so as to provide some useful inspiration of democratic political development in contemporary China.This paper on the stability of democratic ideas of Huntington mainly from five aspects:First, decrypts on Huntington's life and academic attainments. And the author listed in his influential book according to chronological order.Secondly, the paper discusses the stability of democratic ideology of the historical background. After World War II period, the developing countries in conducting national reconstruction shows the scene of political turmoil, political modernization bottleneck, also challenged the authority of the government.Third, Huntington that the process of modernization will affect the breeding of the factors of political instability in developing countries: modern too quickly exceeded the scope of social tolerance, rapid economic development is not a fair and equal basis behind the level of political institutionalization, will affect the political stability. Developing countries through reform, and constantly improve the level of political institutionalization and political turmoil in the adaptability to get rid of. Stabilize by realizing politics coming founding the government big and powerful. Come country's politics to ensure the democratization stabilizing need. The paper has analyzed Huntington observation arriving at and the boundary has fixed the consolidation being "third waves"democratization tide course, democratization way changing and democratic system. The democratic system consolidation, once is to need to build dynamic open stable democratic system, two is to need to realize the balance that politics stability and democracy develop.Fourth, appraise the thinking of stability and democratic .The author believe that his first contributions is a framework for political change theory. The political change theory is a specific connection between political participation and political institutional. The second is that the vulnerability of the developing political stability and the importance of developing a stable political environment to promote democratic development in the ultimate realization of political democratization. Huntington emphasized on stability .By the Western Centre of the impact and Analysis limitation.Lastly, the paper on the stability of democratic ideas were further enhanced, draw inspiration: 1. attention to Chinese political stability, as the cause of Chinese modernization construction to provide a stable environment. This stage, China is in transition as well as various social contradictions spring period, political stability is particularly important. 2.unswervingly deepen political restructuring, promoting Chinese democratic development. Reform and opening up more than 30 years, China has made great achievements in the field, while the political reform lags behind economic system reform. Therefore, further deep the political system. 3. dealing Chinese political stability and the relationship between political democracy and political stability and political democracy is to seek a balance between.A study on Huntington's theory should be break through emphasizing political stability of the pattern. Although Huntington pointed out that the modernization process stirs up the turmoil, through the establishment of a strong government to promote stability and democracy. Contemporary china is a strong government and mild social constructivism. Steadily promote socialist democracy, need to social and economic development, strengthen the political institutional, make full use of social and civic power, carry out dynamic equilibrium between democratic development and social stability. Since reform and opening,Social transformation in the process of polarization, the polarization and political participation of the expansion, and so on the existing political system brings challenges. Political reform and economic restructuring is harmony. Neither is dispensable. Therefore, to establish the socialist market economic system of political system is a pressing. We have to radically improve our socialist democratic political system, established to the economic structure, suitable for people are the masters of the political system and continuously pushing forward the socialist democratic political development.
Keywords/Search Tags:Modernize, Political System, Political Stability, Democracy, Stable Democracy
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