Characteristics of Democracy and its Quality

Abstract

This panel brings together multidisciplinary approaches on democracy and its quality and explores how democratic characteristics are realised, both theoretically and empirically. To shed light on the wide-range of issues at hand, the panel incorporates opposing attitudes on how democratic regimes and characteristics can be strengthened. Individual papers consider the effect of ownership and social justice; citizens' trust in political institutions; the performance of democratic and non-democratic regimes vis-á-vis public commitments; and the incorporation of international standards in state practices.

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Real faces of Russian movement for Democracy	View Paper Details
Democratic Quality in Post-Communist Europe: Pre- and Post-Accession Democratisation	View Paper Details
Towards a broader typology of Democracies	View Paper Details
Democracy and Trust: A Quantitative and Qualitative Comparative Analysis of European Countries	View Paper Details