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| Titel: |
Universal Democracy, Diminished Expectation |
| Auteur: |
Burgess, A. |
| Verschenen in: |
Democratization |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 8 (2001) nr. 3 pagina's 51-74 |
| Jaar: |
2001 |
| Inhoud: |
This wide-ranging article identifies some general characteristics of democratization with the intention of stimulating further discussion. The contemporary debate appears largely unreflective, and often curiously pessimistic about outcomes. There is little questioning of a global 'democratic imperative', which now even insists upon making democratic advances beyond just the electoral sphere. Yet there appears little expectation that such initiatives will effect real transformation. Critically commenting upon the impulse behind these trends, the article claims that their origins lie in the manner of democracy's triumph in the 1980s. Democracy unexpectedly came to be without rivals; third world nationalism was demoralised and ultimately collapsed with communism. Rather than through its own efforts or self-belief, the new agenda found itself in demand simply by default. Reflecting the reorientation of United States foreign policy, conceptions of democracy then became universalized and were in effect relativized, a development that created short-term gains but poses longer-term difficulties. Concern at the inflated expectations generated by this global democratic mood has led some accounts of democratization to now counsel lowered expectations. The article ends by asking whether democracy too might ultimately be the victim of the 'end of ideology' and the collapse of alternatives which led to its revival in the 1990s. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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