Democracy and Democratization in the 21st Century

The central challenge dial democracy encounters in the contemporary era of globalisation stems from the contradiction between two conceptions and understandings of (he notion it sell. A nation-centric conception which held that democratic rights and freedom could he realized only as members of the nation was woven around official discourses of nationalism and formal institutions and eons illusions. An alternative view priori tiled democratic rights and freedoms of groups and individuals over (he limits of the nation and laid stress on civil society initiatives and peoples movement.