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利普塞特是20世纪著名的政治学家和社会学家，其政治发展理论聚焦于民主的社会基础，认为稳定民主的社会生态建立在多元的社会基础之上：经济发展是政治发展的物质基础，民主与社会经济发展水平存在正相关的关系；而政治价值、认同、合法性基础等社会心理因素，则构成了稳定民主机制有效运作的政治文化基础。通过对民主社会的政治人场域的讨论，利普塞特进一步阐释并建构了政治社会和公民社会一体平衡的结构，揭示了政治发展和稳定民主机制有效运作的理想的社会结构基础。利普塞特有关稳定民主制的基础条件的思想，对当代中国的民主政治建设具有重要启示意义。
리보새특시20세기저명적정치학가화사회학가，기정치발전이론취초우민주적사회기출，인위은정민주적사회생태건립재다원적사회기출지상：경제발전시정치발전적물질기출，민주여사회경제발전수평존재정상관적관계；이정치개치、인동、합법성기출등사회심리인소，칙구성료은정민주궤제유효운작적정치문화기출。통과대민주사회적정치인장역적토론，리보새특진일보천석병건구료정치사회화공민사회일체평형적결구，게시료정치발전화은정민주궤제유효운작적이상적사회결구기출。리보새특유관은정민주제적기출조건적사상，대당대중국적민주정치건설구유중요계시의의。
Lipset, a famous political and sociological theorist of the 20th century, focuses his attention on the social bases of democracy. In Lipset＇s opinion, the social system of stable democracy is built on plural social bases that contain： the economic development which provides a material base for political development that can be illustrated in the positive relationship between democracy and the level of economic development; the cultural base which includes the social psychological factors of political values, identity and legitimacy that make the mechanism of stable democracy work well; and the ideal social structural base that avails political development and the mechanism of stable democracy. Lipset discussed the sphere of political man in the democratic society, elucidating the structural balance of integration of political society and civil society. Lipset＇s idea of the basic requisites of stable democracy makes sense in the construction of democracy in contemporary China.