Document Type : Research Paper
Author
M.A., Political Sciences
Abstract
Though democracy enjoys such a lofty status in the contemporary world that many people think of it as a certain and evident thing, theory of democracy and its standards have been faced by challenging critiques. The main origin of critical approach towards democracy should be sought for in the ancient Greece time. As a matter of fact, since the very beginning in the ancient time, the nature of democracy have been faced by problems and crises by which democracies in our time are faced as well. Brief rereading of some critical considerations concerning democracy in an analytic-descriptive methodology and explanation of challenges facing it are the main objective of the present article. According to the findings of the present research, cognitive interaction between equality and liberty, two conflicting dimensions of democracy, democracy puzzle, and the phenomenon of globalization are the main challenges by which the theory of democracy is faced.
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