泰国政党模式的变迁与民主巩固

西方学者在界定民主巩固内涵时主要存在3种路径:政治制度路径、民主文化路径和多元综合路径。政治制度路径的理论家强调政党的作用,民主文化路径的理论家强调公民社会的作用,而多元综合路径则试图在两者之间折衷。1997年泰国宪法及之后的泰爱泰党的兴起为泰国第二波民主化之后的民主巩固创造了条件。然而,泰爱泰党并没有专心于群众型政党的建设,而跨越式地去学习全方位政党、卡特尔政党和商业公司型政党的经验和特征。这一学习模式在促使泰爱泰党迅速崛起的同时,也埋下之后在喧嚣中退场的隐患。泰爱泰党的政党学习实践反映出后发国家的一种学习困境,也揭示了政党模式的次序变迁与民主巩固之间的密切关联。

Change of Party Models and Democratic Consolidation in Thailand

In defining the contents of democratic consolidation,western scholars have mainly three paths: political institutional path,democratic cultural path and pluralistic integrative path.Among them,theorists of political institutional party especially stress the role of parties.Thailand's constitution in 1997 and the rise of TRT created some prerequisites for democratic consolidation after the second wave of democratization in Thailand.However,TRT didn't concentrate on the building of mass party,but in skipping ...