Weak democracies under pressure, 1918 and 1989 in comparison
Weak democracies under pressure, 1918 and 1989 in comparison
Author(s): Dieter SegertSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History, Economy, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: democracy crises; political alienation between politicians and electorate; rise of national populist parties; decay of democratic regimes in Interwar period
Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with the recent crisis of representative democracy. It analyses especially the featuresand conditions of the democratic decay in East-Central Europe. The method of the study consists mainly ina thorough interpretation of different data from the field of social, political and economic transitions duringand after the 1990s. Additionally, the article examines the fate of democratic regimes in the interwar periodand the causes of its weakness. The population’s expectations towards political transformations was a majordriving factor of politics in both periods of time in East-Central Europe. The article tries to answer thequestion how to deal successfully with the democracy crises in the region. The stabilisation of democraticpolities would need both a strong social policy on the basis of an economic catch up with the West anda careful handling of the fears of “globalization”.
Journal: Przegląd Europejski
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 37-51
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English