Journals / Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi / 2010 / Cilt: 59 - Sayı: 3

A crosscutting concept for democracy debates: "Fragile democracies" and the case of belgium

Demokrasi tartışmalarında sınır aşan bir kavramlaştırma denemesi: "Kırılgan demokrasiler" ve Belçika örneği

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The conclusion states that reflecting on these issues will be one of the fundamental challenges that lie ahead for the constitutional lawyers in the near future.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Fragile democracy is an “ideal type” in the Weberian sense, totally independent of classifications based on the level of consolidation of democracies and classifications based on institutional choices.
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Fragile democracy is an “ideal type” in the Weberian sense, totally independent of classifications based on the level of consolidation of democracies and classifications based on institutional choices. In this sense, it is able to coexist with any of these models. The problems indicated by such a concept include a certain type of conflict in constitutional values, which reveals itself by means of the freedom of political association. In this article, this conflict is regarded as one of the biggest problems of the 21st Century. Consequently, special emphasis is put on the “cross-cutting” nature of the concept, arguing that even the most established and stable democracies of the advanced welfare societies, i.e. Belgium, are not exempt from such a conflict. The conclusion states that reflecting on these issues will be one of the fundamental challenges that lie ahead for the constitutional lawyers in the near future.

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Kırılgan demokrasiler, demokratik pekişmişlik seviyesi veya demokrasinin farklı kurumsal görünümleri esas alınarak yapılan sınıflandırmalardan tümüyle bağımsız; bu sınıflandırmalarda işaret edilen modellerin hepsiyle iç içe geçebilen bir “ideal tip” kavramlaştırmasıdır. Bu kavramın işaret ettiği sorunlar, anayasal değerler ekseninde yaşanan ve siyasal örgütlenme özgürlüğü kanallarıyla açığa vurulan özgün bir çatışmadan kaynaklanmakta ve bu çatışma türü, 21. yüzyılın başlıca sorun alanlarından biri olarak tespit edilmektedir. Çalışmada, özellikle kırılgan demokrasi kavramının “sınır aşan” (cross-cutting) niteliği üzerinde durulmakta ve Belçika örneği verilerek, gelişmiş refah toplumlarında karşımıza çıkan, pekişmiş ve istikrarlı demokrasilerin dahi söz konusu çatışmadan tümüyle muaf olmadıkları ifade edilmektedir. Çalışma, değinilen bu çatışma biçimi üzerinde düşünmenin, yakın gelecekte anayasa hukukçularını bekleyen en çetin sınavlardan biri olacağı değerlendirmesiyle noktalanmaktadır.

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KONTACI, A. E. (2010). A crosscutting concept for democracy debates: "Fragile democracies" and the case of belgium. Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 59 - Sayı: 3, 467–492. https://ajindex.com/articles/192258

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