On the Civiliarchic Dimension of Democracy

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Keywords:

democracy, demarchy, civilicracy, civiliarchy, dialogue, partnership, development, human rights and freedoms, dichotomy, citizen-centric, civilicentric

Abstract

The article examines the issues of the civiliarchic dimension of democracy, identifies the features of the civiliological approach, as well as the importance of regime and power resources for the rational design of the dialogue and partnership between the state and civil society organizations. Based on the concept of modern democracy, important factors of human rights and freedoms, individualism, the rule of law, constitutionalism and liberalism are analyzed, a new definition of the concept of “civiliarchic democracy” is given, its specific features and values are explained. It is argued that the effectiveness, constructiveness and civilicentricity of democracy as the power of the people and as a political regime is realizable based on a civiliarchical mechanism and institutions.

Author Biography

Ashot Aleksanyan, Yerevan State University

Doctor of Sciences (Political Sciences), Associate Professor of the Chair of Theory and History of Political Science of YSU. Address: 0025, Yerevan, Alex Manoogian 1, Email: ashalex@ysu.am, Website: http://ysu.am/faculties/en/International-Relations/section/staff/person/Ashot-Aleksanyan, ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-9719

Published

2019-07-12

How to Cite

Aleksanyan, Ashot. 2019. “On the Civiliarchic Dimension of Democracy”. Bulletin of Yerevan University D: International Relations and Political Sciences 10 (2 (29):52-60. https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/bulletin-ysu-int-rel-pol/article/view/Vol.29_No.2_2019_pp.52-60.

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Section

Political science