| ID | 136336 |
| Title Proper | Uncertain moment |
| Other Title Information | the dilemmas facing European democracy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Jing, Huang |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The recent European debt crisis unexpectedly prolonged the region’s woes following the global financial tsunami of 2008. From 2012, an uneasiness has been brewing over whether the debt crisis was not just an economic crisis but also a political one. The media has been awash with terms such as “democratic deficit”, “legitimacy crisis” and “democratic crisis”. German sociologist Jurgen Habermas lamented:“Sometime after 2008, I understood that the process of expansion, integration and democratization doesn't automatically move forward of its own accord, that it’s reversible, that for the first time in the history of the EU, we are actually experiencing a dismantling of democracy. I didn’t think this was possible. We’ve reached a crossroads.” In 2013, the theme of the Political Studies Association Annual International Conference in the UK was “The Party’s Over?”. It said that: “the assumptions and modalities that have hitherto underpinned political life, and political analysis, may no longer be sustainable”. A good number of Chinese scholars have also argued that European democracy, and to a larger extent Western democracy, have reached an impasse. |
| `In' analytical Note | Contemporary International Relations Vol.24, No.5; Sep-Oct.2014: p.33-52 |
| Journal Source | Contemporary International Relations 2014-10 24, 5 |
| Standard Number | Democracy |