This study aims to assess the claims whether or not direct democracy in ancient Athens can be properly regarded as a liberal had potentials evolve into democratic regime. For this purpose, firstly, brief examination of is provided focusing on basic tenets liberalism; namely individualism, limited conceptualisation state, negative freedom, and rights. Then, principles ideals Athenian are briefly...

What is the future of liberal democracy? Is “liberal” ingredient 21st century democracy compatible with its “demos”? Are developed democracies more equalitarian and less stratified than other regimes? Or are present day evolving into something different that needs a new definition? By early 1990s appeared to have become dominant system at global scale. The hope citizens, scholars, observers was...

Democracy used to be a word that international legal commentators preferred to avoid. At least by the second half of the present century, this was not because too few governments identified themselves as democratic. It was rather because too many did so. The world's most repressive regimes joined their more representative counterparts in claiming a title that had become synonymous with praisewo...

The issues of the EU’s activities concerning quality democracy in member states are studied. On examples Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, effectiveness EU projects to continue liberal-democratic transformation with a post-totalitarian past where risk regression remains, is assessed. current goals described as being insufficient terms properly preventing counteracting decline democracy, well for i...

In recent years, democracy has been facing increasing challenges. How comparative regime research responded? Focusing on the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, this paper argues that perception serious threats to in general and liberal norms particular given rise a convergence around conception democracy, reversing previous turn towards recognising its conceptual contestability. tracing V-...