A Study Of Mao Zedong 's Historical Contribution To The Formation And Development Of "Chinese - Style Consultative Democracy"

In the modern state system, deliberative democracy as a form of public management and a way of civil broad participation, embodies and respects the civic value at the political level. Although "deliberative democracy" was originally proposed by western scholars in the 1980 s, there has been the related theory and practice of "Chinese consultative democracy" in China before that. Different countries have their own unique historical background and cultural traditions, it also caused the different countries have the differences in the form and content of democracy. Compared with the western deliberative democracy theory, Chinese consultative democracy pays more attention to the importance of negotiation, but also gives full play to the positive role of electoral democracy, combines both advantages in the process of realization of people’s democracy, embodies the distinct Chinese characteristics.Mao Zedong as the pioneer and the explorer of Chinese deliberative democracy, he didn’t use the term "deliberative democracy" directly throughout his life, but the connotation of deliberative democracy are hidden in many of his works, his contribution to the formation and development of Chinese consultative democracy is indelible.In the process of leading Chinese revolution and construction, Mao Zedong combined the basic principles of Marxism and the China’s concrete practice, and paid attention to absorb the essence part of Chinese traditional culture at the same time, created the Chinese consultative democracy with Chinese characteristics eventually. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the government has put forward to speed up the development of socialist democratic politics. It means that puts forward new requirements on the development of the consultative democracy, and Mao Zedong’s related knowledge and practice of Chinese consultative democracy is our extremely valuable wealth and practical experience to develop the socialist consultative democracy.Based on the study of Mao Zedong’s historical contributions in the formation and development of the "Chinese consultative democracy", we make further exploration on the enlightenment of promoting the development of the contemporary "Chinese consultative democracy":First of all, the introduction systematically discusses the reason of selecting the topic, the significance of selected topic, the related research status at home and abroad, the research method of this article and so on; Secondly, this part discusses the connotation of "Chinese consultative democracy" from the democratic values, the democratic system and realizing forms of democratic this three aspects, and illustrates the characteristics of "Chinese consultative democracy" from the angle of legality, diversity and harmony; Thirdly, this part explores the Mao Zedong’s theory contribution in the formation and development of "Chinese consultative democracy" from providing ideological resources and setting up theory frame, and embodies the close relationship between the Mao Zedong Thought and "Chinese consultative democracy";Corresponding to the theory contribution, this part explores Mao Zedong’s practical contribution in the formation and development of "Chinese consultative democracy"; In accordance with the time sequence of the formation and development of "Chinese consultative democracy", as well as its development process from producing to mature; Finally, this part puts forward for the enlightenment of promoting the development of the contemporary "Chinese consultative democracy" on the basis of summarizing the above historical contributions, which have certain realistic directive significance.