民主如何实践——梅因的视角

本文以广为传播的卢梭的民主学说为对象,从历史与现实的角度分析了该学说存在的问题,首先是该学说的前提假设无法得到历史支持,然后是该学说在现实中引发的种种问题：有限的治理经验,政治操控了民主实践,公民沦为牵线木偶等.这些洞见在梅因的《大众政府》一书得到了详细的论证.尽管梅因所推崇的贵族制已经成为历史,但他批判民主的深刻洞见对当前民主转型的实践依然有效。

Democracy in Practice——the Perspective of Henry Maine

the article focuses on Rousseau＇ s theory of democracy, and firstly points out the theoretical defects of his dogma from the perspective of Henry Maine. After that, there must lead to blemishes if we put the theory into practice： democracy is lack of historical foundations, what＇s more, party factions completely manipulate the democratic practices, and the people thoroughly fail to govern themselves and so forth. Therefore, Maine＇ s insights still be used to elucidate the current situations of democratic transitions.