Democratic crisis. A tour of the debate on contemporary political theory

Authors

  • María Isabel Puerta Riera Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales at Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v23i65.4454

Keywords:

Democracy, crisis, political theory, debate, contemporaneity

Abstract

This article reflects on the current democratic crisis considering the authors that have been focal in its theoretical discussion, either for their theoretical contributions or for the debates in which they have intervened. A presentation is prepared of the contributions made by these authors, followed by reflections meant to intertwine the various concepts of the democratic crisis. The result is a heuristic arch that offers a perspective that looks to signal the possibilities regarding the development of democracy, amongst the skepticism that has accompanied it in recent times and the crisis that envelops its development, in which its continuance as the best form of political organization for society is called into question, having spurred discussions on the quality of democracy and its destiny as a political system and ideological model of modern societies.

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Author Biography

María Isabel Puerta Riera, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales at Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela.

Professor-Researcher at Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales at Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela.

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Published

2015-12-07

How to Cite

Puerta Riera, M. I. (2015). Democratic crisis. A tour of the debate on contemporary political theory. Espiral Estudios Sobre Estado Y Sociedad (eISSN: 2594-021X), 23(65), 9-43. https://doi.org/10.32870/espiral.v23i65.4454

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 65: Espiral 65 (january-april 2016)

Section

Teoría y Debate

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