System Features Of Consensus Democracy

The classic Marxist thesis that "productive forces determine the relations of production", "economic base determines the superstructure" in democratic theory, particularly the consensus Arend Lijphart study of democratic theory is equally applicable. As the technology changes again and again the productive forces development rapidly, while human beings are ever-changing social systems, social and non-stop with despotism to democracy, with the advances in material production, the rapid accumulation of economic wealth, the promotion of ideological and cultural, language, religion, gender, race, ethnicity and other social elements of development, social differentiation gradually increased, showing a strong diversification features and the heterogeneity of salient features. Today for the development of society tend to produce the diversity features and heterogeneity characteristics, how can we better play to the democratic system function? How dose the consensus democracy make the democratic system to adapt to the development of society and countries? How can further promote the democratic system development? Arend Lijphart "Patterns of Democracy:Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries" in the majority of the democratic and consensus through more democracy, trying to get a consensus that consensus democracy is democracy in the new historical period and a development which has a worthy of popularizing and practice mode. From the theory and practice of two aspects of the system, lateral in 36 countries conducted many ways and the political system which has a full range of comparison, through the vertical contrasted what various countries during the period 1945-1996 the system change and development about the concept of democracy and through the two-dimensional map of contrasted that reference to the majority model of democracy, from the 10 factors in detail and evaluation of consensus democracy and the consolidation of democratic institutions which go around the world and develop a reasonable proposal, it is worth national reference and learning. This article by Arend Lijphart "Patterns of Democracy:Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countriesr"study, from a system level, a democratic system step by step analysis of the consensus features. A democratic system of consensus-building activities on the basis of historical practice, Lijphart's consensus democracy will be divided into six areas of the 10 factors that introduce a consensus model of democracy in the party system, Lijphart's consensus with democratic theory as the starting point, to comprehensive the six aspects of the system-level features which is thorough presentation and the consensus model of democracy, including the federal system of decentralized state structure characteristics, multiparty political system characteristics, the proportional representation election system characteristics, decentralization of power to the system characteristics, "co-ism" interest group system features and characteristics of the central bank system. Although the construction of my paper bases on Lijphart's democratic theory, reference is Lijphart's consensus model of democracy in the relevant chart data, the viewing angle, research focus and way of discussion is focused on the characteristics of the national system which is deconstruction, having certain innovation. I hope to gradually understand the characteristics which are consensus democracy under a system with a scientific attitude and perspective of development, having a assessment under the new situation Lijphart's consensus democracy model advantages and special of each system design, for the further development of China's democratic system provide a useful theoretical explanation and empirical cases.