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This study examines contemporary democratic challenges like inequality and populism, highlighting innovations and reforms. It advocates for combining value-based definitions with empirical evaluations of democratic institutions.

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  • Political Science
  • Democracy Studies
  • Comparative Politics

Background:

  • 21st-century democracies face challenges from socioeconomic inequality, populism, communication shifts, and globalization.
  • These factors have renewed academic interest in the "frontiers of democracy."

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore diverse perspectives on current democratic challenges, limitations, reforms, and innovations.
  • To trace the evolution of research on democratic systems, from isolated cases to participatory models.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and synthesis of research phases.
  • Analysis of normative and empirical work on participatory (direct and deliberative) democratic systems.

Main Results:

  • Identified key drivers of democratic challenges: inequality, populism, communication, and globalization.
  • Documented a research trajectory from single-instance studies to broader analyses of participatory democracy.

Conclusions:

  • Democracies are implementing various innovations and reforms to address contemporary challenges.
  • Advocates for integrating conceptual definitions of democracy (based on value fulfillment) with empirical assessments of institutional contributions.