Is Liberal Democracy Already History?
Is Liberal Democracy Already History?

Summary/Abstract: It was three decades ago, in 1989, that a new kind of revolutionary imaginary—not just a theory—seemed to take root, one that projected a new beginning and demonstrated the possibility of comprehensive systemic change without bloodshed. Velvet or otherwise un-radical, this kind of revolution became a “site” of tangible hope in many places, as it was a site in which words have power, in which people are allowed to speak and are listened to, and where they realize their agency through instruments other than weapons. “Negotiated revolution” is not an oxymoron, but is still an extraordinary event when it happens, as dictatorships are by definition opposed to any spirit of dialogue or compromise.

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