Deliberative Democracy Theory Research

Since the 80s of last century, on the process of western capitalism democracy theory reflection and practice development, the liberal democracy demonstrated its inherent drawbacks and criticisms which is difficult to overcome, to trigger the citizens expectation and exploration of the new effective democracy model, a new theory field which beyonds freedom democracy --- the deliberative democracy in the west began to rise and expand. While the deliberative democracy theory originated in the west, but in China, it has certain conditions and applicability resources, can become and should become a new perspective, new options, new forms of chinese characteristics socialism democracy politics development. This article, is to comparative analysis China and the Western, to explain conditions and constraints, to clear objective position, to analyze the risks, and to propose targeted and enforceable policy. The writer hopes to provide theoretical support for the deliberative democracy practice of chinese characteristics socialism. Full-text is divided into four parts.The first part is the theoretical analysis platform, that is introduction.This section focuses on the origins and significance,China and abroad research condition, the paper's basic ideas (technical route, innovative ideas, key and difficult), related concepts as well as the argument methods of the topic (empirical research method, comparison research method, history research method, system research method, cross-phase research method,etc).The second part is the basic research, namely, the first, second and third chapter. Chapter One, the deliberative democracy comparative analyze between China and the Western. The rise motives, practice process, development concept, culture ecology, mechanism platform of the deliberative democracy are difference between China and the Western.The deliberative democracy of China and the Western have commonality, they can rise the legitimacy of the public policy, need have the basic elements of the deliberative, need society condition of diversity. The chinese characteristics deliberative democracy has basic features: practice, limite, order, dominant, decision-making, cooperation, governance and normative. Chapter Two, the practice conditions of the deliberative democracy in China. There are practice conditions of western deliberative democracy theory in China, including the institution resources of the multi-party cooperation and political consultation, the cultural resources of chinese traditional culture, the society resources of the new social strata development and growth, the technical resources of Internet's rapid development and popularity, the experience resources of local democracy practice forms. Chapter Three, the restraining factors of deliberative democracy development. At present, the mature civil society, the sound constitutional system, the modern political culture, the rational class structure, and the sound political system are lack in China, this situation is the obstacles of the deliberative democracy development in China.The third part is the reality research, namely, four, five and six chapter. Chapter Four, the scientific orientation of the deliberative democracy in China.The deliberative democracy is the driving force, breakthrough, main channel of people democracy. The deliberative democracy is not definitely opposition with electoral democracy, electoral democracy will not become a substitute, the deliberative democracy is complementary and supplementary of electoral democracy. The deliberative democracy is the basic form of inner-party democracy, has reality resources, is the inevitable choice. The deliberative democracy is the main form of grassroots governance, is the main form of citizens direct participation, the important field of the deliberative democracy is the grassroots. The network deliberative democracy has important value, is the new way of citizen participation, the network consultative forum is a kind of practice form of network consultation. Chapter Five, to advance the deliberative democracy risk prediction. The deliberative democracy has the inherent risks and potential risks, the inherent risks are as follows: to alienate the democratic main, to deviate the democratic content, to hurt the democratic values, to undermine the democratic process, to distort the democratic decision-making; potential risks are as follows: to strengthen the elitism democracy, to change to the traditional good person politics, to lead mob in the network, to reduce political operating efficiency, to damage to the interests of vulnerable groups. At present, the way to resolve the risk of the deliberative democracy are: to strengthen the CPC's leadership, to strengthen the government's political guidance; to promote legal construction, to build a sound legal and institutional framework for consultation; to promote cultural development, to build a chinese-style participatory political culture; to nurture civil society, to expand consultation and participation of the social organization; to establish assessment system, to improve early warning mechanisms for the deliberative democracy development; to promote effective interface, to build interaction pattern between the elections and negotiations. Chapter Six,to construct the deliberative democracy theoretical system. The development goals of the deliberative democracy in China is to make deliberative democracy as an important model for democratic politics, to extend from country to CPC and society consultations, to develop from advisory consultations to decision-making consultations. The deliberative democracy should adhere to the basic principles of development,innovation,effective, open and progressive. At present, to expanse deliberative democracy may take following ways: to promote institutional reforms, to improve the political consultation system with chinese characteristics; to expand inner-party consultations, to establish the consultative mechanism within the CPC; to adhere democratic governance , to expand the scope and area of CPC and the masses consultation; to strengthen the system design, to promote the grass-roots deliberative democracy; to innovate way, to emphasis civil orderly networks political participate.The fourth part is the general summary, that is conclusion. The deliberative democracy should take the road of chinese characteristics socialism democracy development, is bound to become China's new democracy form, must contribute a new experiences of democracy for the world.In the above four-part research, the academic views are as follows:First of all, deliberative democracy has commonality between China and the Western. The deliberative democracy development has local resources in China, the deliberative democracy may become one of the main forms of socialism democracy politics development in China.Second, the deliberative democracy has diversity between China and the Western. The deliberative democracy development has obstacles in China, the deliberative democracy must have distinctive chinese characteristics, and take the chinese development road.Third, the application field of the deliberative democracy in China should not be limited to the national level, should extend to inner-party democracy, grassroots democracy, and the network. The key position of the deliberative democracy development is the grassroots in China.Fourth, the deliberative democracy in China should shift from an advisory consultation to decision-making consultation, to improve consultation element in public decision-making.Fifth, the deliberative democracy in China are closely related with the civil society, the constitutional system, the class structure, the political culture, the political system, the science technology, these factors directly relate to the scale and level of the deliberative democracy development.Sixth, the deliberative democracy is a secondary and supplementary of the electoral democracy in China, we should build the connective and interactive pattern of the deliberative democracy and the electoral democracy.Seventh, in practice, the deliberative democracy has the risks in China, we must guard against and defuse its inherent risks and potential risks.