ABSTRACT
International attention to democracy, both theoretical and practical, has been increasing significantly since the “third wave” of democratization began in 1974 (Huntington 1991). According to Samuel Huntington (1991), from the 1970s to 1990s, more countries moved toward democracy, resulting in the emergence of an optimistic view about the future of democracy—including the much-appraised perspectives and movements centering on the concept of liberal democracy. For Francis Fukuyama, this dynamic reveals that the victory of liberal democracy over its ideological rivals—authoritarianism and totalitarianism—represents “the end of history” (Fukuyama 1992: xi).
