代表与选民:密尔民主思想探析  

Mill's Democratic Thought:the Elite Confronts and Guides the Public

作　　者：闫飞飞[1,2] 

机构地区：[1]吉林大学,长春130012 [2]东北林业大学,哈尔滨150040

出　　处：《西安建筑科技大学学报（社会科学版）》2011年第6期9-13,共5页Journal of Xi'an University of Architecture & Technology(Social Science Edition)

基　　金：教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目"协商民主与代表理论:一种质疑性研究"(09YJC810016)

摘　　要：密尔在民主理论史上的地位,是存在着很大的争议的。参与民主理论家认为密尔着重强调公民参与的积极意义,精英主义民主理论认为密尔建议复数投票制,强调精英在政治过程中的重要作用。这种对密尔的阐释是出于建构自己的理论需要,而选择性地发掘密尔的理论资源,难免有其片面性,而不能把握密尔民主思想的主旨。事实上,密尔的民主思想有着一贯的宗旨:即民主必将成为社会发展的大趋势,选民的力量必将增强的情况下,通过强调作为代表的精英的作用,以此来抗衡占多数大众的力量,并且通过精英代表来引导民主的走向,达到培养公民美德、提升民主质量的目的。In the history of democratic theory, there are a lot of controversies about Mill＇s thoughts. The Participatory Democracy theorists resist that Mill stresses the positive significance of citizen＇s participation, while the Elitism Democratic theorists insist that Mill emphasizes the significance of the elite in the political courses by recommending popular vote system. The latter interpretation of Mill＇s thought contributes to the construction of its own theory, and the selective exploration of Mill＇s theo-retical resources is inevitably lopsided which fails to grasp the thrust of Mill＇s democratic ideas. In fact, Mill＇s idea about democracy has its consistent theme： under the background that the democracy is to take the lead in the social developing trend and that the electorate force is expected to be strengthened, it is vital to emphasis the role of the elite as representatives to resist the power of the dominant public, and lead the democratic development with the view to cultivating the virtue of citizens and improving the quality of democracy.

关 键 词：密尔 民主 代表 选民 

分 类 号：C916[经济管理] D665.9[社会学]