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Institucionalno poverenje i participacija građana kao indikatori merenja stepena krize predstavničke demokratije
The institutional trust and participation of citizens as indicators measuring the crisis of representative democracy

Author(s): Milenko Elez
Subject(s): Government/Political systems
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Participation; trust; democracy; the crisis of democracy; democratic deficit;Serbia;

Summary/Abstract: The main attention in the article is directed towards the consolidation of democracy through greater citizen participation in the process of making key policy decisions and measuring the level of trust in political institutions, which are viewed as indicators also suggest that the empowerment and the crisis in which liberal democracy is entered . The paper highlights the concept of formal but not substantive operation of the institutional system of many democratic community. We also deal with the question of why the indicators are talking about inherent to the crisis of democracy at the global level on the one hand, and for what reason indicate a low level of democracy in the Republic of Serbia on the other. On the basis of guidance on key indicators that point to a crisis of democracy, we discover that actually the main deficits of democracy, and on the basis of their recognition, we offer a strategy of rehabilitation of democratic community.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 49-61
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian