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Standardizationofmoderndemocracy
Abstract:Democracyisatimeless,abstract,politicalsystemthatmayoccurinvirtuallyany
culturalspace.Thecivilizationalcontext,beingexternaltoparticularnationaldemocracies,
seemsoftheutmostimportanceintheprocessofformingthesysteminindividualstates.As
aresult,thesphereofshared,similarfeaturesofdemocracyiscreated.Bybecominggradually
acceptedandembeddedinsocietiesitresemblesproductsofcultureandbecomesastandard
ofmoderndemocracy.Asatheoreticaltooltodescribetheexternalenvironmentofnational
democracies,theauthorproposesthenotionoftransnationaldemocracy,bywhichhemeans
aprecisely-definedcollectionofstandardsandconstitutionallawpatterns,aswellasprocesses
andpoliticalactionsofstate,judicialandsocialinstitutions,andalsoindividualbehaviours,
thatwereformedandfixedinaparticularculturalspaceandoveradefinedperiodoftime.
Additionally,itrelatestoaccepted,oratleasttolerated,politicalideaspresentindemocratic
countriesofaparticularculturalcircle.Theauthorpointstothepossiblespheresofcomparing
nationaldemocracies.Ifsuchstudiesareconducted,itwillbepossibletodefinecommonand
perpetuatedsystemicsolutionsofcontemporarydemocracy,andsubsequently,togaugethe
degreeofdemocracyinaparticularstate.
Keywords:democracy,transnationaldemocracy,standardsofdemocracy
Democracyisaconceptthathasaccompaniedusforcenturies.Ithas
alsobeengivenanendlessamountofdefinitions,namesanddescriptions.
Althoughitstraditionasaformofgovernment,atypeofpoliticalsystem,is
notasrichastheconceptitself,ithasbeenpermanentlyrootedintheareaof
thelanguageofscience,thelanguageofpoliticsandeverydaylanguage,as
wellasintheareaofthevaluesystemofthemodernEuropeancivilization.
Togetherwithsuchconceptsas:human,citizen,family,state,society,law,
justiceandequality,itaccompaniesuswhereverwego.Democracyisalso
avalueinitself.Apoliticalvalue.Itisoftenacriterionofassessmentofsoci-
eties,states,governments,ideasandman.Wetalkalotaboutitinthepublic
