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Историјски биланс и будућност демократије
History in the Balance and Future of Democracy

Author(s): Zoran Vidojević
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: Democracy; History in the balance; Democracy-liberal socialism;

Summary/Abstract: Democracy today with its liberal, as predominant view, in spite of its growing goes historically behind, first of all because of its submitting to the profit. As a consequence it exist irrepressible reduction of its content through procedure. In many number of cases its social and moral elements are on the margins or annulled. There are neglected the essential questions of its goal and its sense. World political developments and manners of public life organizations are not in the sight of something common accepted, necessary growing and no avoidable historical victory of liberal democracy. However, besides all own great limitations, democracy contributed to process of disappearing or making less tyrant regimes’ presence. Because of deep and permanent crisis of neoliberal capitalism and its consequences, which have essential influence on the state of liberal democracy, possibilities of new waves of disguised or opened authority, even (neo)totalitarian system, but also radical democracy. Epochal events, firstly those with historical uncertainty, “life crisis” and global character risks – make the question opened concerning the need and real chance of democracy-liberal socialism.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 11-34
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian
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