ADDRESSING DEMOCRACY
Dmitry Medvedev’s decision to have democracy as the subject of his speech at the Yaroslavl Conference was completely at odds with the existing traditions of the post-Soviet power.
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06 октября 2010
DEMOCRACY IMPLIES EQUALITY BY DEFINITION
In the very beginning of the fourth chapter of my book Patterns of Democracy, I argue the basic definition of this rather complex term, as given by Robert Dahl in his work of 1971 entitled Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition, which remains the most widely used to this day.
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06 октября 2010
RUSSIA FULFILLS THE CRITERIA OF DEMOCRACY
Let’s start with the definition of democracy. Democracy is a political system in which different ideological and social groups are legally entitled to compete for political
power, and one in which institutional power holders are elected by the people and are responsible to the people.
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06 октября 2010
