مجلة القانون، المجتمع والسلطة
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 87-111
2026-09-20
The Influence Of Political Culture On Democratic Transformation In Transitional Societies: An Analytical Perspective
Authors : Mahdi Inas Diyaa .
Abstract
The paper examined the relationship between political culture and democratic transition in transitional societies by classifying the theoretical analysis of that relationship within three basic approaches: the political sociology approach, the political economy approach, and the political legitimacy approach. The paper aims to find solutions for transitional societies that suffer from a social anarchy that occurred during the transition from authoritarian systems to democracy. This leads to a return to the authority system or to the spread of societal chaos. The article methodology is based on collecting theoretical and quantitative information from previous studies and research published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and international organizations. The democratic transition, accompanied by reduced anarchy in democratic societies, is based, according to global experiences, on changing the existing rules in those societies. The article includes the dynamics of transferring from negative norms based on weak governance, corruption, and limited political participation to higher ethical standards based on political participation, good governance, and innovation that are the same indicators that the political culture of the state seeks to promote. The study presents a set of recommendations, some of which concern political institutions in transitional societies, while others are addressed to researchers in political science, specifically political systems and public policy. The first group of recommendations are ensuring that political institutions implement constitutional principles that maintain political stability in transitional societies, and that they embed democratic principles in practical application, starting from the smallest social unit in society, the family, up to the state's governing institutions. As for the second group of recommendations, they propose important and effective variables for research and study, like: institutional stability, satisfaction with government performance, and electronic oversight systems for political institutions.
Keywords
Democratic transformation ; Political culture ; Institutional reform ; Anarchy ; Political participation
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