Review article
The Future of Contemporary Societies: Illiberal Democracies Or Liberal Autocracies?
Berto Šalaj
; Faculty of Political Science, Univeersity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article discusses the concept of illiberal democracy primarily through work
of Fareed Zakaria but also the tension between liberalism and democracy, two
key components of modern democratic political systems through the works
of contemporary political science authors. The author provides an overview
how the concept of illiberal democracy was accepted among other theorists
and democracy researchers. The paper argues that the relationship between
democracy and liberalism was controversial from the beginning of linking
those two segments. Contemporary political science literature, and the current
political developments in democratic societies, suggests that neither political
scientists nor politicians have yet devised a model that would eliminate the
tension that arises from the existence of two different segments. Liberal
democracies are political regimes in which compromise between liberal
individualism and democratic collectivism is continually requested.
Keywords
Fareed Zakaria; liberalism; illiberal democracy
Hrčak ID:
145796
URI
Publication date:
15.9.2014.
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