民主的现代化理论认为经济发展会导致民主价值观的产生,从而促进民主制度的产生和巩固。目前对于中国民主价值观与现代化理论的研究还比较简单。基于全国综合社会调查2006年的数据,对公众的民主价值观的研究发现,经济发展带来的个人收入增加并不是民主价值观的来源,但是经济发展带来的职业转变和政治成熟却是民主价值观形成的重要因素。

Modernization theory argues that economic development helps create a democratic value and institution.However,current studies on the relationship between democratic values and modernization are insufficient in China.We analyze the source of democratic values by the China General Survey 2006.This paper finds that while income is not the main source of democratic values,changes in occupation and political sophistication are the main sources.