Democracy: from the social idea to the public practice
As part of the process of globalization and the transformationof social relations becomes society that is more complicated. Thegrowing individualization of the subjects of the social process, aswell as the complexity of the social structure make it difficult toidentify the people as the source of power and consensus in thedefinition of the commonwealth that actualizes the problem of thestudy of the theory of democracy and further development of themodel, which would be adequate to modern conditions.This article deals with a theoretical analysis of the concept of«democracy», different approaches and concepts, especially theclassical theory of democracy, which was influenced by the ideasof liberalism and the theme of democratic transition in Russia andthe former Soviet states is touched upon