Democracy and liberty: the cultural connection

Article Abstract:

The undermining of human liberties in modern democracies is attributed to illiberal cultural settings that perpetuate human rights abuses through electoral democracy. The coexistence of democracy and human rights abuses in Algeria underlines the significance of cultural variables in the diffusion of human rights. The democracy-liberty link is evident in the Western political culture of Enlightenment which focuses on individual prosperity. The import of electoral institutions into illiberal non-Western democracies has perpetuated the suppression of individual human rights for community rights.

Social aspects, Evaluation, Democracy, Human rights, Political culture

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From democratization to "guided democracy."(in the former Soviet Union)

Article Abstract:

Russia today is a mixture of democracy and more authoritarian forms of rule. The direction in which it turns in the future depends on political and intellectual elites.

Public opinion, Democratization

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The primacy of history and culture

Article Abstract:

The successor states to the Soviet Union can be divided into three different groups defined by cultural and historical influences.

History, Caucasus region

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