With an in-depth development toward a multi-polar world and economic globalization in recent years, political party politics overseas have undergone an unprecedented, in-depth readjustment, and political parties of all sorts in various countries are now faced with more and more topics of common interest.
I. Political party politics have stepped up change frequency, and evolution in the comparison of their relative strength is more complex.
On an overall, global scale, comparison of strength among political parties is still in such a state, in which the "right" forces are superior to the "left" forces in term of strength. Meanwhile, the complexity and unpredictability of changes with political parties both at home and abroad are increasing. In many Western nations, the cycle of the "political pendulum" has obviously shortened along with an accelerated rotation or alternation of the "left" and "right" forces. The impact and effect wrought by the substitution of political parties in some main regional powers to political parties of other countries in the region have lowered, and the disparities in the strength of political parties vary apparently between the nations. And political party systems in some developing nations have not fully entered into a stage of maturity.
II. The self-regulating mechanism of political parties functions continuously though traditional role has met with multiple challenges
Non-government organizations (NGO) and various social groups have played an eminent role in socio-economic life and global affairs. People have more channels to obtain information and partake in political life due to the rapid growth of internet and media, and they have intensified their monitoring of public power organs. Hence, political parties have been exposed to more challenges in the fulfilment of their traditional functions. Impulse from both inside and outside the political party system has, nevertheless, enriched the connotation of political party politics instead of shaking or weakening their leading position in political, economic and social life.
III. Economic globalization adds difficulties to governance capacity, so political parties' role in social administration draws wide attention
As economic globalization has greatly influenced the political ideology of people in recent years, voters now pay growing attention to political parties' specific measures in governance since the capacity of political parties, and especially those in power usually has a bearing on the stability of political power or political situation in a nation.
Moreover, under the impact of economic globalization, the capacity of political parties to regulate socio-economic development is restricted, and some parties do not have appropriate policies to cope with an accelerating poor-rich disparity and social upheavals on one hand and; on the other hand, the surfacing of numerous, new social problems has posed contests for political parties to vie with each other for the seizure of power.
IV. Various types of political parties intensify their disintegration and merging at home, while paying heed to cooperation, exchanges and fostering of fine images
On one hand, many political parties are aimed to revamp their national political systems, reestablish their setup, extend their political influence and hasten their consolidation with other domestic political forces, so as to expand their social basis and win the maximal support. On the other hand, with a steady rise in the number of common issues for various political parties in all nations, there has been a vigorous momentum for bilateral exchanges, transnational contact and regional cooperation as well as a trend for those parties with similar programs to unite or cooperate, and so their exchange and cooperation mechanism keep enriching, with more diversified forms of exchanges.
V. Ideology contention with political party politics apt to fade at home but to beef up globally
With the scope and social basis for political parties' traditional forces having been breached with the impact of economic globalization, an uncertainty of social strata and social ideology increases, along with the tendency for both left and right political parties to intentionally blur their ideological bounds. Furthermore, political parties in a few nations obstinately stick to their partial awareness of such essential ideological factors as democracy, freedom and the human rights and espouse the so-called "democracy 'commonwealth'" and "value alliance". However, the fading of ideology contention among global political parties is temporary, but divergences and differences will always be existent.
VI. A few nations go on peddling their political party modes, and divergent development tendencies of political party systems are displayed in different nations
A few developed nations have striven to promote their political party systems and democratic modes by taking advantage of their political and military might. Meanwhile, there are also many developing nations, which have persevered in exploring their political party politics modes in accordance with their specific national conditions. Consequently, there are a trial of strength among different nations concerning the choice of modes of democratic roads and systems.
VII. With a more protruding impact of political party politics on international relations, the mutual induction of both overall internal and external situations has become the common phenomena on a global scale.
Ruling parties in a few nations have been bent on spurring their tough diplomatic policies and made the situation in some hot-spot areas, fuel-rich regions and strategically sensitive regions turbulent, whereas some other countries, through the readjustment of their "political domains", have brought pivots and dynamics to the relaxation of regional situation and improvement of state-state relations. As a mater of fact, the disequilibrium with such hallmarks as"the West strong, the East weak, and the North rich and the South poor" will continue to proceed and unfold.
As for the future development of political parties overseas, it has the ensuing salient characteristics:
First, various complex contradictions and issues set off by economic globalization will aggravate the degree of difficulties for political parties to wield power, and will constitute the principal reason to accordingly induce "political changes" of global political parties.
Second, the main-stream political parties, while innovating and adjusting their traditional political concepts, still endeavor to retain their vigor and vitality, and this implies that these main-stream political forces are prepared for a new round of trial of strength.
Third, the developing nations pursue the order and stability; the uncertainty with the political ideology of the middle class in the developed nations determines that the patterns and setup of political parties in various countries are in the process of change and readjustment, and will be turned more diversified as a result of social-economic disparities and varying degrees of awareness for the reform of political parties.
Fourth, various kinds of political parties will give more heed to the governance enhancement, theoretical innovation and organizational building, so as to keep pace with the requirements from the era of economical globalization and,
Fifth, (Political parties) should compare and exchange their experience in their national governance and government management in an effort to jointly respond to global issues, and (such exchanges) will have an increasingly vital role in the international exchanges among political parties.
By People's Daily Online |
