Changes in Western democracy: a systemic crisis, or a chance to overcome it?

• Authors: Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to assess changes which have occurred in Western democracies in recent years, mostly in the United States and in the European Union. On the one hand, they are connected with organizational or technological phenomena, e.g. the popularization of the Internet. On the other hand, they concern changes occurring under the influence of economic globalization and the increasing role of international cooperation. I would like to examine the claims about the problems of this system and find out whether they are justified or exaggerated. Are the problems caused only by temporary economic difficulties or are they of more permanent nature? Are new political phenomena – including technological ones or those connected with the development of civil society – creating an opportunity to improve the quality of democracy operation? Or are they more likely to accelerate disadvantageous changes in this system?

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 3(21)
• Pages: 133-154

Contributors

author

Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse

• Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN