THE LIMITS AND DISTORSIONS OF DEMOCRACY IN A MULTI-POLAR WORLD
Accepted
25 March 2026
Available Online
15 November 2013
Abstract
THIS STUDY AIMS TO EXPOSE THE PRESENT LIMITS AND DISTORSIONS OF DEMOCRACY BY ANALYSING SEVERAL MAJOR POINTS RELATED TO THE CURRENT SITUATION OF STATES UNDER STRESS. FOR THE NONE, THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT RELIES HEAVILY UPON THE VIOLATION OF ECONOMIC AND SOCI AL RIGHTS WHICH HAVE OCCUERD IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL CRISIS. ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE HAS APPROACHED THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY AND ITS DIFFICULTY IN ADAPTING ITSELF WITHIN NEO -DICTATORSHIP STATES, BY EXPLAINING THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE LATTER CAN EASILY O VERPOWER THE FORMER. THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH HAS REQUIRED BOTH THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATION. THE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT DEMOCRACY MEETS SEVERAL LIMITS IN THE EU NATIONS STATES, DUE TO THE ONSET OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE FLAWED NEOLIBERALISM AND IT ALSO DEALS WITH SEVERAL PARADOXICAL SITUATIONS IN THE ATTEMPT OF APPLYING IT IN DICTATORIAL STATES.
Keywords
DEMOCRACY
EU STATES
LIMITS
NEODICTATORSHIP
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