Christian Democracy in Italy

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn M. Warner
Keyword(s):  
Political Party ◽  
Political System ◽  
Civil Liberties ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
Strong Force ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Democratic Political System

This article argues that historical context can be a strong force for the origins of an ideologically and behaviourally moderate religious political party. It explores the origins of Italian Christian Democracy, following the trajectory of the Partito Popolare Italiano and Democrazia Cristiana in order to highlight a path to religious party moderation that excludes extremism and violence at all stages. That path includes the development of a moderate ideology prior to inclusion in the democratic system, influenced by efforts to reconcile Catholicism with democracy. Extremist alternatives are eliminated not through the moderating tendencies of a democratic political system but by historical events and by efforts of the moderate religious party to ensure that the democratic system does not collapse. Ideological and behavioural moderation are understood as acceptance of democracy and promotion of civil liberties, not as the notion that a party becomes in some way less religious.

scholarly journals DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF MAQASID SHARIA : STUDY ANALYSIS OF YUSUF AL-QARADAWI’S THOUGHT

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Athoilah Islamy ◽  
Sansan Ziaul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Epistemological Foundation ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Holistic Vision ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Democratic Political System

Abstract: one of the big issue that is still debatable about the relationship between Islam and politics is how legitimate the democratic political system is in the paradigm of Islamic law. This study will explain the alternative paradigm in evaluating the democratic system based on the paradigm of Islamic law from a prominent Muslim intellectual named Yusuf al-Qaradawi. This research is a qualitative research in the form of literature review. The primary source used is a variety of literature that explains Yusuf al-Qaradawi's thoughts about democracy in Islam. The method used is the method of interpreting the thoughts of the figures with the maqasid al-shari‘ah approach. There are two big conclusions of this research. First, Yusuf al-Qaradawi's view of democracy can be said to be grounded in its epistemological foundation in understanding the concept of an Islamic state. For al-Qaradawi, an Islamic state is a system of government that provides policy improvisation space in the benefit of social, economic and political life based on the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid shari'ah). Second, Yusuf al-Qaradawi's view, the democratic system can be compatible with Islam if the principles in the democratic system are in accordance with various values which are the spirit of the objectives of Islamic law (maqasid shari'ah), such as the value of justice, equality of rights, freedom, etc. so. To realize this, the democratic system must carry a holistic vision and mission, which includes worldly and ukhrawi benefits as well as individual and social benefits.       Keywords: Validity, democracy, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, maqasid shari’ah; 

scholarly journals Poprawność polityczna w liberalnej kulturze politycznej – szansa na porozumienie czy hipokryzja władzy?

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 220-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Turkot
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Political System ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Political Correctness ◽  
Public Debate ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Democratic Political System

Political correctness as a norm of behaviour in liberal political culture is criticized as a sophisticated type of modern censorship, or stronger, as an ideological tool in the hands of part of Western political and cultural elites. Nonetheless, it appears to play important and necessary functions in a democratic system. Even if we agree that political correctness is cynical and hypocritical by nature, it does not lose its value. Its ambiguous potential can be creatively used, particularly in the areas of public discourse, deliberation and public debate, but also in other important spheres of liberal political culture and, more broadly, the democratic political system.

scholarly journals IMPLIKASI PEMBATASAN YURIDIS PEMBUBARAN PARTAI POLITIK TERHADAP PRINSIP DEMOKRASI

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 488
Author(s):  
Josef Mario Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Political System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Law ◽  
Democratic Political System

AbstrakThe dismissal of political party still rises polemic due to its existence in astate having democratic political system which is assumed as a "conditionsine quanon". Nevertheless, based on judicial point of view a political partycan be dismissed if its ideology is opposed to state ideology and abusing thelaw. The dismissal of political party by the constitution supreme court couldonly be carried out based on judicial reasons such as trespassing forbiddenrules as confirmed in the article 40 Act No.2 Of The Year 2008 ConcerningPolitical Party. However, its implementation still rises uncertaintydemocracy principle due to the existence of judicial limitations related to thearticle 68 point one (1) and point two (2) Act No.24 Of The Year 2003Concerning The Constitution Supreme Court justified as to rise obscurity.Therefore the step to be done is to revise the article 68 point one (1) which isconsidered not democratic and hindering the public to claim a particularpolitical party trespassing, and the sentence formulation in article 68 pointtwo (2) is provided broad or extensive interpretation.!t is hoped that in thestate of law as Indonesia, might create the certainty of law and therealization of the principle of equality before the law

scholarly journals Political Attitudes of Arab Citizens in North Africa

Politologija ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Mahmoudreza Rahbarqazi ◽  
Seyed Javad Emamjomehzadeh ◽  
Hossein Masoudnia
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Political Performance ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Social Associations ◽  
Democratic Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Democratic Political System

Theories of social capital, government performance, Islamic values, and globalization are among the most important tools that can be used to help explain individuals’ political attitudes. The present research attempts to address the effects of the abovementioned factors on the political attitude of Arab citizens using the Arab Barometer Wave IV data. The results showed that only 23.2% of citizens disagreed with a democratic political system, while 70.3% and 60.1% expressed their opposition to authoritarian and Shari’ah-based systems. Results of the final model of research indicated that memberships in social associations, on the one hand, increased the tendency of individuals to support authoritarian and law-based political systems and, on the other hand, did not have any significant effect on the tendency toward supporting a democratic political system. It was concluded that improving economic performance not only affected the promotion of the Shari’ah-based political system, but that Political Performance also reduced the inclinations toward Shari’ah and authoritarianism. Furthermore, Political Performance increased the tendency of individuals to favor a democratic system. In addition, although individuals’ support for a Shari’ah-based political system had increased, Islamic values did not act as a barrier that would keep individuals away from favoring a democratic political system. Among the variables of globalization, the expansion of communication reduced people’s tendencies toward Shari’ah and authoritative political systems, along with a positive effect on strengthening support for democratic systems. Ultimately, Westernization only affected the shrinking support of some Shari’ah-based political systems.

Chile: Christian Democracy to Marxism

1971 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-341
Author(s):  
Michael J. Francis ◽  
Hernan Vera-Godoy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Political System ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Government ◽  
Basic Alternative

Increasingly alone as a stable republican nation in Latin America, Chile has long been a favorite subject for North American scholars and journalists. Every six years, as it faces a presidential election, the world press breathlessly rediscovers that this long slim country confronts its public problems within the framework of a developed, democratic political system. When in 1964 Chile placed a young idealistic party in power behind Eduardo Frei, an unquestionably intelligent figure of austere but charismatic bearing, this country became a favorite model for the advocates of democratic reformism in Latin America and soon was receiving the highest United States foreign aid per capita in Latin America. Thus it came as a shock that the Chilean electorate could turn its back on Frei's administration in 1970 by favoring the rightist and Marxist candidates. For those who saw in the government of Frei a basic alternative to Marxist models for Latin America, the free election of an avowed Marxist as the President of Chile presents additional problems.

Demokracja nieprzedstawicielska – egalitarne „wyjście awaryjne”czy narzędzie autorytarnych populistów?

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (301) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Bartosz Rydliński
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Political System ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Representative Democracy ◽  
Left Wing ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
Contemporary Debate ◽  
Democratic Political System

The article presents the main ideological and theoretic assumptions of non-representative democracy, having historically strongly left-wing character, not an easy practice of applying this form of democracy in Polish and European conditions. The author tries to indicate a certain dialectic dualism of direct democracy, which more and more often constitutes contemporary crisis of liberal democracy in the contemporary debate on the negative impact of neoliberal globalization on democratic political system.

scholarly journals DEFICIENCIES OF PLATO’S DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM

2019 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Iryna Liashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Political System ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
Systematic Method ◽  
Rapid Degradation ◽  
Methodological Basis ◽  
Democratic System ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Democratic Election ◽  
Proper Operation

Main objective of the study. The objective of the study is to identify deficiencies of the democratic political system in order to protect democracy from rapid degradation into tyranny. Methodology. The systematic method was selected as the methodological basis for the research, as it enables the consideration of Plato’s democratic system as interdependent with other types of states. The comparative method proved to be effective for distinguishing the characteristic features of the aristocratic, timocratic, oligarchic, democratic and tyrannical state of the human soul and Plato’s system of government.Findings and conclusions. To enable proper operation of democracy, it requires protection from its own deficiencies. These deficiencies include the following: firstly, the flaw of haughty, arrogant attitude towards wise talented naturally eminent people and the fear of their coming to power originates from timocracy; secondly, just as «barns with gold» destroyed the timocratic and oligarchic type of state, so the residues of these «barns» turn into a flaw of democracy in the form of a social abyss between the most affluent and the most deprived strata of the society; thirdly, this is excessive will in democracy that is gradually turning into excessive slavery. Regarding the latter, Plato emphasizes the anarchic extreme of freedom in democracy, which turns it into arbitrariness. After all, in a democracy there is no need to participate in government; not necessarily obey; no go to war; neither obey peace or laws, etc. The main consequence of all these deficiencies in the democratic system is the fostering of a future tyrant rooting from a people’s deputy. Since the thinker points out that no matter how many times a tyrant appears, he does not come from somewhere, but only from a democratic election procedure.

scholarly journals Decentralizacja władzy publicznej a samorząd terytorialny w III RP. Analiza zagadnienia na wybranych przykładach

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Paweł Skorut ◽  
◽  
Bartłomiej Stawarz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Political System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
The Third ◽  
Thirtieth Anniversary ◽  
Democratic Political System

In 2020, the local government of the Third Polish Republic is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary within the legal framework of the democratic political system. This is a celebration of not only the success of the 1989 Autumn of Nations but of the citizens participating in the co-creation and development of their own local homelands. In contrast, the activities of the central authorities which, frequently governed by the reason of the state, attempt to bind local self-governments more closely, often straining their constitutional value of autonomy.

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