发展中国家政治民主化进程中有两次较大的浪潮。一次始于战后初期,另一次则始于70年代末、80年代初,目前已取得较大的进展,并仍在曲折中前进。民主化浪潮的起伏受多种经济因素的影响,本文从商品货币关系的扩展这一最普遍的经济因素入手,探讨发展中国家的经济发展与政治民主化进程的关系。就一国范围内实行民主制而言,显然应追溯到古希腊的城邦制民主。值得注意的是,由于特殊的自然条件等原因,希腊各城邦虽然生产力并不发达,但商品交换频繁,商品经济的影响较大。在西欧,民主的力量与思想也起源于作为商品交换中心的城市。可见,商品经济对民主政治的形成有重要意义。 There are two major waves in the process of political democratization in developing countries. Once began in the early post-war period, and the other began in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with much progress now being made and still making progress. The ups and downs of the wave of democratization are influenced by many economic factors. Starting with the most common economic factor of the expansion of commodity-currency relations, this paper explores the relationship between the economic development and the democratization of politics in developing countries. In the context of the implementation of democracy within a country, it is clear that the city-state democracy of ancient Greece should be traced back to. It is noteworthy that, due to the special natural conditions and other reasons, although the Greek cities are underdeveloped productivity, but commodity exchange, commodity economy has a greater impact. In Western Europe, the forces and ideas of democracy also originated in the city as a commodity exchange center. It can be seen that the commodity economy is of great significance to the formation of democratic politics.