Western Democratic Thoughts Influence On Contemporary Chinese College Students And Countermeasure Analysis

The author in this thesis analyzes the definition of the western democratic ideological trend, its main schools and intrinsic characteristics. Especially, the author discusses the influences of western democratic ideological trend (which entered into the process of the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics at the turn of the century) on the contemporary college students. The author analyses the complicated reasons causing these influences and proposes that persisting in the belief of the socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics, is the method to keep the college students to be the steadfast believer and the model practicer in socialist cause with Chinese characteristics.As the increase of the speed of the information globalization, the world democratic ideological trend has been inevitably affecting our country. The college students, who are among the most active group, have been greatly influenced by this trend through reading newspapers and magazines, surfing on the Internet, or studying the specialized and theoretical courses. On the one hand, the college students can emancipate their mind, broaden their horizon, form the awareness of democracy and freedom, increase their interest in participating in political affairs, as well as enhance their ability to resist feudalism and despotism. On the other hand, they would possibly not adhere to their belief in the construction of socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics by the impact of the propaganda of the western democracy. The western democratic ideological trend, in nature, is a tool for "peaceful evolution"Ideologically, through the education of the socialist core value, the college students can remain unchanged in their belief in Marxism and socialism with Chinese characteristics. Theoretically, by means of improving the effect of the political theory courses, the theoretical basis, which can help college students differentiate and analyze the western democratic trend, will be set up. Practically, via the wide-spread education on the conditions of our country and the social practices, the students can obtain correct knowledge on the tremendous achievements of reform and opening-up, and the undertaking of socialist modernization. Prospectively, through the enhanced inculcation with international situation, the college students can learn the prospect of rejuvenation of socialist democracy. To sum up, by education on ideology, theory, practice and prospect, the college students will cognize the situation at home and abroad correctly, distinguish the western democratic ideological trend objectively and draw a clear distinction between it and the socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics, which they will adhere firmly to.