Democracy Does Not Necessarily Take Root Under Liberalism + Video
Rahman Ghahremanpour, a political science researcher, pointed to the experiences of various countries on the path to democratization and stressed that democratic values and institutions alone are not enough to establish and sustain democracy; the calculations and decisions of political leaders also play a major role in this process.
Rahman Kahramanpour, a political science researcher, pointed to the experience of different countries on the path to democratization, and emphasized that the existence of democratic values and institutions alone is not enough for the establishment and continuation of democracy, and the calculations and decisions of political leaders also play an important role in this process.
According to the report of Ambassador Arjan Kahramanpour, in the review meeting of the book "From Development to Democracy", referring to the change of approaches in democracy studies, he said: In Iran, until the 1990s, some approaches related to democracy were more popular, but after that, attention to these issues decreased and other approaches in this field were proposed.
Stating that democracy cannot be reduced to simply transferring a set of values to society, he explained that the experience of countries shows that the existence of values or institutions related to democracy does not necessarily lead to the establishment and continuation of a democratic system.
Referring to the experience of Asian countries, Kahramanpour said that Japan has one of the most stable political systems in the region, but other countries have not necessarily followed the same path. In South Korea, despite the democratic experience, political challenges and crises show that even in democratic systems there is a possibility of tension.
Emphasizing the importance of this issue for Iran, this political science researcher added that the realization of democracy is not limited to the existence of a civil society or having economic and social characteristics; Rather, the calculations of political leaders and their concern about their future after the transfer of power should also be taken into account.
He explained that if the rulers think that accepting democracy means their complete removal from the political scene, they are likely to resist such a decision. On the other hand, ensuring the possibility of continued political presence after the transfer of power can increase acceptance of change.
Also referring to the ratio of democracy and liberalism, Kahramanpour said that these two concepts are closely related in the theoretical literature, but the question is whether democratic values are necessarily only possible to grow within the framework of liberalism or can they be formed in different political and cultural contexts.
Based on this, the experience of Asian countries shows that to examine the path of democratization, one cannot be satisfied with predetermined patterns or purely cultural explanations; Rather, the role of the power structure, the decisions of political leaders, and the conditions of each country should also be considered.
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