集权与民主是两种基本的政治体制。集权政体的“压力—稳定”机制具有使集权体制下社会的、政治的矛盾积累起来的负面效应 ,民主政体内在的“平衡—稳定”机制具有对社会矛盾的适应、调节和整合能力 ,由此决定了它的政治稳定功能。“东亚模式”的危机不仅证实了这一点 ,而且促使人们重新思考政治体制与工业化、现代化发展的关系 Centralization and democracy are two basic types of political system. The “pressure-stability” mechanism of the totalitarian regime has the negative effect of accumulating the social and political conflicts under the centralized system. The inherent “balance-stability” mechanism in the democratic regime has the ability to adapt, adjust and integrate social conflicts. Determines its political stability function. The crisis of the “East Asian model” not only confirmed this but also prompted people to rethink the relationship between the political system and industrialization and modernization