Przesłanki stabilności demokracji – legitymizacja systemu na poziomie indywidualnym
The Premises for the Stability of Democracy – the Legitimization of the System on the Level of the Individual

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to present the legitimization process of the democratic system at the level of individual citizens – their attitudes and behavior – in the context of the transformations that are occurring in more advanced democracies than Poland. The starting point is provided by the theory of J. J. Linz, who points to the dependence between the stability of the system and legitimization. Next, numerous studies are discussed concerning the symptoms of system legitimization on the individual level in Poland and Western European countries. A hypothesis of the dependence between the transformation of political activities (including increasing unconventional activities) and the degree of legitimization of the system is also tested.

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