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- Title
THE SLOW DEATH OF WESTERN DEMOCRACY AND WHAT COMES AFTER.
- Authors
del Valle Ruiz, Álvaro Gómez
- Abstract
Democracy is living a paradoxical moment at the global level. While more people are now empowered to vote and hold elected office than at any other time in history, and democracy has become the unrivaled blueprint for a legitimate government, it can be argued that democracy, is in, fact in decline. Participation rates have fallen to appalling lows, and political parties fail to energize their electorates on capture the imagination of societies. Decisions on an ever-expanding list of issues, ranging from economic regulation to social rights, are made not in the ballot box but in the corridors of non-majoritarian institutions on the offices of lobbyists that cannot be held to account democratically. These trends are slowly choking democracy and imperiling the Western liberal order.
- Subjects
DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL participation; POLITICAL systems; PRACTICAL politics; TRUMP, Donald, 1946-
- Publication
Journal of International Affairs, 2017, Vol 71, Issue 1, p161
- ISSN
0022-197X
- Publication type
Article