Küreselleşme, Neoliberalizm Ve Demokrasi
Globalisation, Neoliberalism and Democracy

Summary/Abstract: The process of globalisation has introduced paradoxical improvements in terms of democratization. On the one hand, the liberal democratic system in which the political power is elected by free elections has been accepted as a global political model with no alternative, and its practice has become increasingly widespread. On the other hand, severe restrictions have emerged on the global scene in terms of democratic principles like civil rights, pluralism and political participation. Democracy is globalised; however, this globalisation of democracy is mostly the globalisation of formal dimensions of democracy. Namely, this global democracy is henceforth redefined based on the existence of a plural party system and free elections. Yet this redefinition has excluded the essential elements of democracy, including freedom, pluralism and political participation. Consequently, the on-going progress in the concept of democracy demonstrates that we can identify ‘neo-liberal democracy’ as a new model of democracy. Thus, this study aims to analyse the basic characteristics of this neoliberal democracy.

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