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The New Changes Of Superstructure In Contemporary Developed Capitalism Country

Posted on:2009-02-01Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:X LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1116360272972259Subject:Marxist philosophy
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With the development of new technology revolution, social productive forces and productive relations since mid-1970s, the structure of industry and employment in the contemporary developed capitalism country has underwent new changes, which led to the transformation of class structure and class relations with distribution characteristics of "be small at both ends and big in the middle ".The new changes of class structure promote the superstructure's evolvement in contemporary developed capitalism country. The class conflict tends to be weak and labor movement falls into low situation. The function of government is transferring whose economic function is strengthened and starts to deeply intervene in social life. New characteristics appear in political structure which the power of legislative branch is feeble, the power of executive branch is reinforced and judicial institutions are constructed. The new changes emerge in the democracy system, for example, the election institution become perfect, the structure of political party begin to change, the control and supervision over government is reinforced, the system of the civil service is perfect, the governance order of the capitalist class tends to stabilize, the scope of civil rights is enlarged, and the extent of political participation is heightened.The contemporary capitalism ideology is a diversified contradiction system, which consists of both mainstream ideology to maintenance capitalism economic and political institution and non-mainstream ideology to reflect working class's methods of living and thought and their right demands. The capitalism mainstream ideology passes through two great transformations. In 1930s, Roosevelt's New Deal initiated capitalism's reform and impelled administrative power to intervene in economic and social affairs. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, "Thatcherism" and "Reagan Revolution" caused "new conservatism" existing over 20 years. In 1960s-70s, capitalism non-mainstream ideology underwent profound reform from modernism to post modernism. In nature, capitalism ideology serves for capitalism governance and has inevitably class and historical limit. However, it also reflects general masses' culture demands and their discontentment and protest. So, it has some aspects of historical progress.The new changes of superstructure in contemporary capitalism country consist of some elements according with the developmental law of human being's politics and culture, which should be absorbed and used for reference to build the socialism with Chinese characteristics. We should develop middle class, promote social harmony and stabilization, learn the democracy institution of west society such as participation mechanism, competition mechanism, control and balance mechanism and so on, blaze a path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, adhere to the combination between inheritance and transcendence, exert the mainstream ideology's leading function, to promote Chinese society's development and progress and realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Keywords/Search Tags:contemporary, capitalism, superstructure, new changes, enlightenment
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