Open AccessThe problem of legitimacy of democracy: Citizenship, participation, deliberation
Author(s) -
Michal Sládeček
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
filozofija i društvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2334-8577
pISSN - 0353-5738
DOI - 10.2298/fid0630123s
Subject(s) - distrust , legitimacy , democracy , deliberation , deliberative democracy , citizenship , context (archaeology) , political science , politics , democratic deficit , civil society , liberal democracy , sociology , political economy , law and economics , law , paleontology , biology
In this text the problem of legitimacy of democracy is considered through particular aspects of its crisis. On theoretical and philosophical level, the crisis of legitimacy of democracy is reflected as the primacy which some of the liberal thinkers give to judicial review in relation to self-determination and democratic will. On practical level, crisis as citizens’ distrust in democratic institutions, as well as diminished participation in bringing of political decisions are being discussed. In the text the legitimacy of democracy is considered together with analysis of concepts of citizenship, participation in political processes and deliberative democracy. In this context of distrust in democratic processes the text considers the problem of Serbia on its way of integration into European institutions