Regularities of the Process of Democratization of Society

Authors

  • Movses Demirchyan Yerevan State University

Keywords:

democracy, civil society, self-organisation, political participation, demorcatisation of society, actor

Abstract

The article analyzes the process of democratization of society and related problems, which are both local and global. The first are associated with the peculiarities of the cultural and historical development of this society, the second ones are associated with international experience in the application of democratic norms and institutions, as well as with different interpretations of democracy. It is argued that democratization cannot concern only society or only the state, but should take place either from the top to down or from the bottom to up, but in any case affecting all spheres of public life, starting with everyday relations and ending with politics and government. As theoretical models of crisis or problems of democratization, the concepts of “democracy deficit” and “expectations of democracy” are analyzed. These concepts reveal the negative patterns of the spread of democratic ideas and practices in the social reality.

Author Biography

Movses Demirchyan, Yerevan State University

PhD, Associate Professor of the Chair of History, Theory and Logic of Philosophy, YSU. Address: 0025, Yerevan, Alex Manoogian 1, Email: mdemirchyan@ysu.am

Published

2019-07-12

How to Cite

Demirchyan, Movses. 2019. “Regularities of the Process of Democratization of Society”. Bulletin of Yerevan University D: International Relations and Political Sciences 10 (2 (29):43-51. https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/bulletin-ysu-int-rel-pol/article/view/Vol.29_No.2_2019_pp.43-51.

Issue

Section

Political science