The Frontiers of Democracy
The Frontiers of Democracy
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民主的前沿
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2009
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L. Beckman
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L. Beckman
民主化是一个复杂的过程，需要对新的立法和制度框架进行关键选择，但这也应该引发公民的参与和心态的变化，以反映他们对新制度的依恋。将民主价值观嵌入一个既存的信仰体系中，这个信仰体系受到极权主义共产主义政权造成的不信任、恐惧和腐败以及转型的艰辛的破坏，这是一项艰巨的任务，很难仅通过制度设计来实现。为了在转型社会中促进积极的公民意识、透明度、问责制、宽容和平等，需要更广泛的工具包：政治社会化和公民教育（包括通过公民倡议）的作用至关重要，而自由媒体的支持潜力也不容低估。维谢格拉德国家（捷克共和国、匈牙利、波兰和斯洛伐克）长期以来一直将自己描绘成“民主的新捍卫者”，这些国家由于自身的转型而拥有一套独特的经验，可以支持摩尔多瓦等走类似道路的国家转型。
Democratization is a complex process that entails critical choices of new legislative and institutional frameworks, but that should also trigger citizens’ engagement and a change in mentality that reflects their attachment to the new system. Embedding democratic values in a pre-existing belief system marred by features of mistrust, fear and corruption created by totalitarian communist regimes and the hardships of transition is a difficult task that can hardly be achieved solely through institutional crafting. To promote active citizenship, transparency, accountability, tolerance and equality in a transforming society, a wider toolkit is necessary: the role of political socialization and civic education including through civic initiatives are essential, while the supporting potential of free media cannot be underestimated. Visegrad countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) have long portrayed themselves as “democracy’s new champions”, who, thanks to their own transition, have a unique set of experience that can support the transition of countries on a similar path, like Moldova.