Rola i funkcje wyborów w systemach niedemokratycznych
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2016
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
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The role of elections in non-democratic political systems
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Wybory stanowią najważniejszą procedurę ustroju demokracji parlamentarnej. Pomimo
długiego ich stosowaniu, ciągle jeszcze pojawiają się trudności. W najnowszych wyborach
parlamentarnych w Polsce, których pierwszą rocznicę właśnie obchodzimy, aż co szósty głos został
zmarnowany – czyli oddany na partię, która nie dostała się do parlamentu. Tym niemniej wybory
funkcjonowały również i w systemach politycznych, które z demokracją nie miały zbyt wiele
wspólnego. W Związku Radzieckim wybory były prawdziwym świętem, choć ich wynik był z góry
przesądzony. Dlatego też wybory pełniły w systemach niedemokratycznych zupełnie inne funkcje
niż w ustroju demokracji parlamentarnej. Zadaniem wyborów była mobilizacja społeczeństwa, wykazanie
sprawności aparatu a nawet kwestie czysto administracyjne – jak meldunek i zamieszkanie
w określonym miejscu.
Parliamentary elections certainly form the most important procedure in a democratic political system. Nevertheless, there are some difficulties with their application. For instance, in the parliamentary elections in Poland last year, about every sixth vote was wasted or, in other words, it was cast for a political party that failed to be elected to the parliament. Elections also functioned in nondemocratic political systems. In the former Soviet Union, elections were truly celebrated, even though their results were known in advance. Thus, elections had quite different functions in non-democratic political systems than in modern parliamentary democracies. For instance, they were supposed to mobilize society, to show the efficiency of the political system and also to address some purely administrative questions – such as checking who lived at specific addresses.
Parliamentary elections certainly form the most important procedure in a democratic political system. Nevertheless, there are some difficulties with their application. For instance, in the parliamentary elections in Poland last year, about every sixth vote was wasted or, in other words, it was cast for a political party that failed to be elected to the parliament. Elections also functioned in nondemocratic political systems. In the former Soviet Union, elections were truly celebrated, even though their results were known in advance. Thus, elections had quite different functions in non-democratic political systems than in modern parliamentary democracies. For instance, they were supposed to mobilize society, to show the efficiency of the political system and also to address some purely administrative questions – such as checking who lived at specific addresses.
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wybory, system polityczny, demokracja, elections, political system, democracy
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Przegląd Politologiczny, 2016, nr 3, s. 109-116.