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The state as an institution and social reality

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Szwiel T.

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nr 10

153-170

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The concept of the state does not need to be re-defined because it describes more permanent structures which were born together with modernity and which continue to endure. The modern state, symbolic dates for which are the American Constitution of 1787 and the French Revolution of 1789, is a nation whose sovereignty is defined territorially. The modern state is defined by the institutions of citizenship and representation, as well as by rules regarding the making of binding decisions. If we talk of a modern state, it is defined by the following, basic parameters: first of all, it is a nation state; secondly, it is a state which undergoes a democratisation that takes social obligations upon itself to ever larger degree. It is also a state which has ever more expectations addressed to it and which unremittingly stimulates such expectations, promising its citizens more and more, most often beyond its capability to deliver (government overload). While we are accustomed to attaching a democratic type of political system to the concept of the state, the extent of the term 'democracy' (as a type of a political system) is not identical with that of the term 'state'. Non-state forms of democracy (on a supra-state level) are possible. Arguments are being developed suggesting that the EU should evolve toward a non-state form of democracy. The term 'democracy' is thus not limited to defining only the political system of a state. The state continues to exist because it is still defined by the fundamental structures of the modernity: democracy and the values embroidered on the banners of the French Revolution - liberty, egality, fraternity.

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TOWARDS GLOBALIZED DEMOCRACY (W kierunku demokracji globalizacyjnej)

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Cimek G.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2010

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nr 2

11-24

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Democracy is the most valued political idea in the modern world, but it is still unclear. Therefore, democracy should be discuses only after their characterize such as: liberal democracy or socialist. This article attempts to tell more about modern democracy based on the concept of 'globalize democracy'. The basis for analysis is the 'clash' of classical theory of democracy and practice of contemporary globalization.

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O (NE)PRODUKTÍVNOSTI DICHOTÓMIÍ V EVOLÚCII LIBERÁLNEJ DEMOKRACIE PRI HĽADANÍ LEPŠIEHO ČLOVEKA A SVETA

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Dobiaš D. , Dobiašová S.

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nr 1

34 – 45

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The work deals with the civilization trajectory of human reality which is marked by dichotomy of its own progressive and regressive features. In the intellectual tradition of Europe, there is the core of the desire to be recognized as a human being in an idea of dignity, freedom and moral will, supported by the power of human reason. The abovementioned characteristics limit and at the same time allow the reflection of steady conceptual structures in the evolution of modern liberal democracies, The perspective of awareness of ambiguity and paradoxical content of individual parameters of liberal democracy, ideologically shaped and fixed by worldviews of economic and political elites, from our point of view, is a mirror image of how those conditions differ from the standard assumptions formulated in theory.

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POJEM A IDEA DEMOKRACIE

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Feber J.

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nr 1

4 – 16

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The author analyses the concept of liberal democracy as an issue of political philosophy. The liberal democracy is considered as a form of governance with the consent of the people, which is also explicitly assigned value dimension. Western democratic political system derives its legitimacy from a commitment to promoting liberal values (freedom, equality, solidarity). The author expresses sceptically about the possibility of implementing liberal values within the boundaries of global capitalism.

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VNÍMANIE LIBERÁLNEJ DEMOKRACIE NA SLOVENSKU: LATENTNÉ PROFILY OBČANOV

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Baboš P. , Dolný B.

Sociológia (Sociology)

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2021

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tom 53

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nr 2

91 – 118

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The deterioration of the quality of democracy, or even the democracy deconsolidation in Central and Eastern Europe has been a hotly debated topic in academic research for several years. Our study contributes to this debate with a new perspective. Based on a public opinion poll, we are looking for systematic patterns in the support for the key principles of modern liberal democracies in Slovakia. The analysis of latent profiles reveals four different groups of citizens, and subsequently the logistic regression analysis reveals the factors that distinguish different types of citizens. We found that the selected principles of liberal democracy are not rejected by majority of population, which indicates the liberal democracy should not be threatened. However, some of the principles are much less important than others for large groups of the population.

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Crisis and Innovation of Liberal Democracy: Can Deliberation Be Institutionalised?

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Offe C.

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nr 3

447-473

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The paper explores the possible contributions of deliberative procedures of political will formation to solving the problems encountered by liberal democracies today. To begin with, four functions of liberal democracy are distinguished: securing international peace, guaranteeing legal as well as political peace domestically, and producing good active citizens. The following part of the argument distinguishes four structural features characteristic of democratic regimes: stateness, rule of law, political competition, and accountability of the rulers. Thirdly, a brief summary of critical accounts concerning democracy’s actual failures and symptoms of malfunctioning is presented. In the final section, two families of institutional innovations that are currently being proposed as remedies for the observed deficiencies of democracy are explored: those leading to a better aggregation of given preferences of the citizens and those aimed at improving the process of preference formation itself. It is the latter, which constitutes the fi eld of deliberative politics that is investigated at some length. Beneficial effects of deliberative procedures and essential features of deliberative structures are discussed with reference to latest developments in the theory and empirical research on deliberative democracy.