Delegitimization of Electoral Democracy: the Effects of Modern Political Communication

Keywords: democracy, political modernization, political communication, political campaigns, electoral process, elections, political institutions

Abstract

This article is an attempt to analyze the reasons for negative effects of political communication modernization on contemporary electoral democracy. The analysis makes it evident that one of the main problems of the democracy nowadays is the contradiction between modernization of politics in contemporary world and challenges that this modernization poses to the democratic legitimacy. Also, there was demonstrated that and poor functioning of political institutions is a consequence of current political modernization, which is not capable of the adequate response to the challenges of the radical social changes.

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Author Biography

Mikhail Beznosov, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, 4, Svoboda Sq., Kharkov 61022, Ukraine,

PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Sociology, School of Sociology

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Published
2019-08-12
How to Cite
Beznosov, M. (2019). Delegitimization of Electoral Democracy: the Effects of Modern Political Communication. Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Sociological Studies of Contemporary Society: Methodology, Theory, methods", (1053), 109-112. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ssms/article/view/13769
Section
Empirical Researches of Modern Society