Budućnost demokracije
Future of Democracy

Summary/Abstract: The author analyzes two hypotheses: about the end of history and the end of democracy. It has turned out that Fukuyama’s thesis that the principle of liberal democracy has outlasted its competition is valid, but only, as Guéhenno claims, when the conditions for democratic politics have disappeared Guéhenno does not refute Fukuyama’s thesis but only declares it irrelevant. He finds the rationale for this in the deterritorialization of politics i.e. politics is eluding democracy. This also means that the state is no longer important for politics. The author relativizes this thesis in two ways: first he shows that there are still the spheres in territorially limited spaces where politics is hugely influential. Second, the state remains the foundation for all political structures that are set up at the regional or the global level. He concludes that despite its vicissitudes the state, and consequently democracy, have a future. And finally, the author refers to Tata Vahnen who claims that the expansion of democracy is linked with a more equitable distribution of the resources of power. ******************** Autor analizira dvije teze: o kraju povijesti i kraju demokracije. Pokazuje se da stoji Fukuyamina teza da je načelo liberalne demokracije potisnulo konkurenciju, ali u trenutku kad su nestali uvjeti za demokratsku politiku što tvrdi Guéhenno. Guéhenno ne spori Fukuyaminu tezu, nego ju proglašava irelevantnom. Razloge za to pronalazi u deteritorijalizaciji politike, što znači da politika izmiče demokraciji. Time i država prestaje biti važna za politiku. Autor relativizira ovu tezu na dva načina. Prvo, pokazuje da i dalje postoje sfere na teritorijalno ograničenom prostoru gdje politika ima veliki utjecaj. Drugo, država ostaje temeljem za sve političke strukture koje se uspostavljaju na regionalnoj ili globalnoj razini. Iz ovog izvodi da država uza sve mijene ima budućnost pa tako i demokracija. Autor se zaključno poziva na Tatu Vanhanena koji tvrdi da se širenje dem

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