Liberal Democracy, Globalization And The Prospects Of Democracy In Lithuania
Liberal Democracy, Globalization And The Prospects Of Democracy In Lithuania

Summary/Abstract: After the restoration of the Lithuania’s independence, legal and institutional conditions were established to ensure the democratic rule. Although Lithuania is formally a democratic state, it has not yet become a mature and effective democracy. The article attempts to show that the difficulties of the spread of democracy in Lithuania are determined not only by post-totalitarian and domestic factors. Although democratic regimes are spreading throughout the whole world, the symptoms of decline and even crisis of liberal democracy are clearly visible. They are characteristic not only of the post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, but also of Western countries with their old traditions of democracy. The origins of these tendencies should be looked for in Westerntype modernization.

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