国家现代转型的理论构建

——兼谈北大政治学的贡献

燕继荣

 

【摘  要】国家转型是现代化的政治性后果。现代国家观念的形成、政治结构的改变、政治主体角色的变换、现代化导向的政策目标的调整是国家现代转型的要素和条件。自从鸦片战争以来,中国进行了180多年艰难探索。在1949年以后,特别是经过40多年的改革开放,中国的国家现代化取得了重大成就。国家现代转型需要构建相应的理论,北大政治学的发展一直紧跟中国的现代化进程,在政治经济理论、政府改革理论、政治发展理论、外交与国际关系理论的构建方面都做出了应有的贡献。

关键词:传统国家;现代国家;现代化;国家转型;政治学

【作 者】燕继荣,北京大学政府管理学院院长、教授,北京大学公共治理研究所所长、研究员,北京大学国家治理研究院研究员。

【Title】Theoretical Construction of the National Modern Transformation: With a Special Comment on the Contribution of PKU Political Science

Abstract: National transformation is a political consequence of modernization. The formation of modern concepts of nation, the change of political structures, the role transformation of political subjects, and the adjustment of modernization-oriented policy objectives are the elements and conditions for the national modern transformation. Since the Opium War, China has sustained a difficult exploration for more than 180 years. After 1949, especially after more than 40 years of reform and opening, significant achievements have been made in China’s national modernization. Such a profound transformation needs to be underpinned by the construction of modern theories. The development of Peking University’s political science has always kept pace with China's modernization, with its continual contributions to the construction of China’s theories in political economy, government reform, political development, diplomacy and international relations.

Key Words: Traditional country, Modern country, Modernization, National transformation, Political science