Democracy in Troubled Times

Aleksandar KITANOVSKI

Abstract


The apparently overwhelming expansion of democratic regimes should not, however, hide their intrinsic weaknesses. The paper examines how five (hypo)theses proposed by the author 10 years ago are still valuable instruments of analysis in periods of troubled times. The discrepancy between aspirations, programmes and the harsh reality of today is examined in the background of the Europeanisation and globalisation processes.

Keywords


democracy; crisis; globalisation; Europeanisation of politicsand policies

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