Transition and Consolidation of Democracy
Transition and Consolidation of Democracy

Author(s): Anđelko Milardović-Ivanković
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Welfare systems, History and theory of political science
Published by: Centar za politološka istraživanja
Summary/Abstract: In political theory, one of the recurring types of government described by various thinkers is democracy. In political theory or practice, democracy did not always have the significance as it has, for example, today; when we can say that it is the most dominant type of government on a global level, with 120 registered consolidated democracies and 37 restrictive democratic regimes registered in 2000. These political orders typologies, which are a product of the modern political era, are based on government and political systems being classified as democratic and undemocratic. Undemocratic orders are totalitarian and authoritarian. Regardless of the world regions, this narrowed synthetic classification of types of government might be applied in case of the 20th century societies. The 20th century is a real testing ground for political science research of government systems, waves of democratization and reversions.

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