Democratic political regimes: main features

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

Democratic political regimes are political management systems that are formed after the results of parliamentary and / or presidential elections in democratic states. Such regimes are a reflection of the party system and represent the institutionalization of the political will of the people - the so-called popular sovereignty. The connection with the party system is carried out through the procedures for the formation of the government, the parliamentary majority and minority, as well as the system of control over power by the opposition, regulated by the Constitution. In the event that there is one political force in the elections, a mono-party government is created, in the absence of a clear winner - a coalition. At the same time, the government, formed by the majority, is accountable to parliament.

Signs of a democratic political regime

Democracy at its core -it is the board of institutions. Therefore, elections are just an electoral designation of the current public mood. No individual, even one of considerable charisma, can personify the work of such institutions. To do this, protective mechanisms are introduced - a system of balances that restrains the influence of the human factor or the factor of the organization.

Main features of a democratic political regime:

- The people are the source and constructor of political power. The sovereignty of the people is a mechanism for ensuring legitimacy, that is, the recognition of the results of voting in elections as fair and in accordance with the norms of the law. In addition, the political system institutionalizes the practice of people's control over power, mainly through a system of referendums, party "primaries" and the work of deputies in their districts. It is by the results of the "primaries" that one can judge the degree of radicalization/liberalization of public opinion. It is noteworthy that democratic political regimes involve the institutionalization of the work of public organizations and the media, which are included in the party and political life of the country, and therefore have the right to evaluate (including from an expert point of view) the work of the deputy corps and institutions.

- Personal integrity. This means that its interests are recognized as more significant than the interests of the state, the ruling group, parties and individual organizations. Thus,democratic political regimes are called upon instrumentally, through specific legal mechanisms, to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens.

- Introduction of the principle of competition. It permeates the entire structure of power and government, from the introduction of the institution of freedom of speech to pluralistic elections at all levels.

In other words, all democratic political regimes have one feature: institutional depersonalized power while focusing on protecting the social, economic, cultural and other interests of citizens, as well as other persons living on the territory of a given state.