Authors: Bashir Ahmad
The study analyzed the democratic transition from a socio-political review. This study was organized into four modules in addition to the introduction, the study purpose and scope, its methodology, and finally, the study conclusion and recommendations. The first component explores the theoretical concept of democracy, and its sub-scales: democratic system, and constitutional arrangements, and the right of citizens to hold the authority (the government) accountable. The second focused on the democratic transformation, and its indicators. The third included the concept of political reform, and the relationship between the political development; political modernization and the political reform. The fourth included the elements of democracy focusing on: the power circulation system, civil society, the multiparty system, the equality before the law and the rule of the law, the separation of powers, and the system of rights and freedoms. The study concluded that democracy is a system of societal tolerance, it is the acceptance of equality and parity by all in a dialectic between multiple elements and factors that influence each other to produce a societal system based on the rule of law and the preservation of rights, and public and individual freedoms.
Keywords: Democratic transition, political power, elections, civil society, political reform.
Bashir Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Postdoctoral Candidate, Social Sciences (Immigration & Refugee Studies), Institute of Immigration Studies, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Independent Researcher, Ramallah, Palestine. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
