意识形态是指一种相对持续和统一的信仰、理想与价值观。意识形态是政治认同的理念性资源,是政治认同最原初的构成因素,也是较为持久的因素。意识形态对执政的政治权力和民众具有道义约束力,对政治认同的实现具有感召力。当政治认同的其它因素如经济绩效等失去时,意识形态可能仍然延续,甚至重新发展。意识形态可能在所维护的政治权力产生之前已经存在。意识形态对政治体制产生重大影响,可促使一国执政政治权力创立某种政治制度。意识形态的连贯性、持续性和发展性有益于政治认同的稳定。 Ideology refers to a relatively continuous and unified beliefs, ideals and values. Ideology is the ideological resource of political identity. It is the most original constituent element of political identity and the more enduring factor. Ideology has the moral binding power to the ruling political power and people, and has the appeal for the realization of political identification. When other factors of political identity, such as economic performance, are lost, ideology may still continue or even be redeveloped. Ideology may already exist prior to the emergence of the political power it maintains. Ideology has a significant impact on the political system, prompting a country’s political power to create some kind of political system. The consistency, continuity and development of ideology are conducive to the stability of political identity.