DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY: A DIRECT OR A REVERSED PROPORTION?
DEMOCRACY AND PROSPERITY: A DIRECT OR A REVERSED PROPORTION?

Author(s): Andreja Vražalić
Subject(s): Politics, Government/Political systems, Politics and society, Culture and social structure , Social differentiation, Studies in violence and power, Economic development
Published by: Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Srbiji
Keywords: Andreja Vražalić; democracy; political freedom; economy; prosperity;
Summary/Abstract: The prevailing intellectual climate is a total belief in democracy. The more one country is “democratic”, the better for it. Democracy and economic prosperity are thought to be linked to one another. With its welfare state, Swedish social democracy is considered (at least here, in Serbia) to have the highest level of democracy. The equation says: more political freedoms = richer country. If only we became democrats, the economy would flourish.

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