THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY AS AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR OF STABILIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC REGIMES

  • О.І. Романюк
Keywords: transitions to democracy, original and imitational democracies, defensive capacity of democratic regimes, postcommunist democracies

Abstract

The fundamental idea of this article is in the substation of the thesis: the origins of the democratic regimes essentially  influence the process of its stabilization. The author distinguishes two types of the democracies: original and imitational, according to their origins. The potential threats of imitational democracy highlighted in this article. The author makes following conclusions: news democratic regimes must not blindly copy the institutes and standards of stable democracies; the process of transit from electoral to liberal democracy requires neutralization the threats of democratic development; to be saved the democracy must have defensive capacity.

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Published
2015-07-03
How to Cite
Романюк, О. (2015). THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY AS AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR OF STABILIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC REGIMES. The Journal of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Issues of Political Science, 16(885), 55-62. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/politology/article/view/3249
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POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES