美国学者亨廷顿和纳尔逊认为,政治参与是“平民试图影响政府决策的活动”,即政治参与是“平民”(普通公民)试图影响政府决策行为的活动。这里,把政治参与的主体定为普通公民,不包括政府官员以及职业政治活动家,以此将政治参与同其他政治行为区别开来。笔者以我国政治参与的主体 American scholars Huntington and Nelson think that political participation is “an activity that civilians try to influence government decision-making”, that is, political participation is the activity of “civilians” (ordinary citizens) trying to influence government decision-making behavior. Here, political participation is distinguished from other political behaviors by defining the main body of political participation as ordinary citizens, excluding government officials and professional political activists. The author takes the main part of China’s political participation