中文摘要：

政治的民主化是公民教育得以兴起和发展的决定因素．民主政治制度必然给社会提出发展公民教育的要求，也只有在民主的政治制度条件下。公民教育才能存在和发展。我国的政治体制改革使高度集中的政治体制发生了民主化的转向，这既使公民教育在我国的兴起成为必要，也培育了适合公民教育产生的环境和土壤，使公民教育的兴起成为可能。

英文摘要：

Political democratization is the determining factor of the rise and development of citizenship education. Democratic political system naturally demands the development of citizenship education. Only under such system, can citizenship education continue to exist and grow. The reform of the political system Of our country has changed our highly centralized political system to a more democratized one, which has not only made citizenship education in China a must, but has also cultivated the environment possible for such education.