One of the presumed components of liberal democracy is the principle of pluralism. This principle is presumably … democratic discourse, indeed even the meaning of democracy itself. A further question is examined, and this pertains to the … itself at every opportunity as a model and champion of democracy. This paper finds a remarkable consistency and constancy of …

episode (in favor of democracy) of the “pendulum practice”. There were still both populist (Peru, Venezuela, Brazil) and …’s transition to democracy occurred at the end of the decade. In synthesis, during the “pendulum phase”, both populist and … bureaucratic decision making processes were highly illiberal, and below the minimum conditions of democracy. In fact, controls (by …

In the EU candidate countries the citizens’ support for the democratic process is important for domestic democracy as …. Focusing on economic expectations, political knowledge, political discussion and education, in this paper democracy support in … for the democratic process. On the contrary, in Turkey the explicative models of democracy support are significant and …