CAJ | 학술논문

当代西方民主制度的主流形态是自由主义民主制度，对个人权利与自由的过度强调导致了政治参与水平下降等诸多民主社会的危机。，发端于托克维尔的当代市民社会理论所针对的就是如何解决这一问题。市民社会是指各种非政治制度（包括家庭、教堂、邻里、公民团体及各种志愿社团）所置身的那个社会部门，其特点是，这些社团通常都是自愿的、可以自由进出的。市民社会的繁荣有利于培养合作、信任、妥协、忠诚等公民美德，促进民主政治的正常运作。不过，市民社会理论本身也存在着有待解决的一些问题。
당대서방민주제도적주류형태시자유주의민주제도，대개인권리여자유적과도강조도치료정치삼여수평하강등제다민주사회적위궤。，발단우탁극유이적당대시민사회이론소침대적취시여하해결저일문제。시민사회시지각충비정치제도（포괄가정、교당、린리、공민단체급각충지원사단）소치신적나개사회부문，기특점시，저사사단통상도시자원적、가이자유진출적。시민사회적번영유리우배양합작、신임、타협、충성등공민미덕，촉진민주정치적정상운작。불과，시민사회이론본신야존재착유대해결적일사문제。
The mainstream form of contemporary- western democratic system is liberal democracy. Overemphasizing the individual rights and freedom lead to a decline in political participation level and many other democratic social crisis. The civil society theory originated in Tocqueville＇s writings points at how to solve this problem. Civil society refers to all kinds of non - political systems （ including family, church, neighborhood, citizen groups and all kinds of volunteer communities） in social departments, which characteristic is usually voluntary, free entry. The prosperity of the civil society is good for cultivating citizen virtues such as cooperation, trust, compromise, loyalty and promoting normal operation of democratic politics. How- ever, there are also some problems of the civil society theory itself to be solved.