DEMOKRASİNİN GİZİL YÖNLERİ VE ETİYOPYA ÖRNEĞİ

Öz

Bu çalışmada, ilk olarak, demokrasi kavramı üzerine fikir serdeden öncü bilim insanlarının argümanları derlenmiştir. İkincil olarak, demokrasinin bütün yönleriyle ele alınması amaçlanmış; özellikle de gelişmekte olan ülkelerin sosyal, siyasal, ekonomik ve kültürel ilerlemeleri üzerinde demokrasinin ne tür etkilerinin olduğu tartışılmıştır. Tartışma, demokrasinin geri planda kalan yönleri üzerinden daha ileri bir noktaya taşınmıştır. Çalışmanın temel iddiası, demokrasinin tek bir kavramsal çerçeve ile sınırlandırılmasının mümkün olmayacağıdır. Bu bakımdan küresel siyasal sistemin bir demokratik model empoze etmesi adil değildir. Abraham Lincoln’ün tanımladığı şekliyle demokrasi, “halkın halk tarafından halk için yönetilmesini” öngörür. Demokrasi, bu anlamda kavramsal olarak mekândan mekâna, zamandan zamana ve kişiden kişiye farklılaşabilecek bir yönetim sistemidir. Kısacası, hükümet sistemleri bütün yönleriyle birbirinin aynısı olmayacaktır. Çalışmada antik çağlardaki ve İslam’daki demokrasi tecrübeleri analiz edildikten sonra Etiyopya vakası üzerinden Afrika’ya özgü demokrasi anlayışı ele alınacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Demokrasi
• Antikite
• İslam
• Afrika
• Etiyopya

THE SECRET ASPECTS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE CASE OF ETHIOPIA

Abstract

This paper includes a collection of accounts from leading scholars who conceptualized democracy. The paper displays various aspects of democracy including its effects on the social, political, economic and cultural progression of developing countries. The paper forwards the already-adapted points of discussion along with the secret aspects of democracy that are not clear for many. It is not possible to restrict the concept of democracy, and it is not fair to impose a democratic model that is enforced by a global system of regimes. As described by Abraham Lincoln, democracy is the government of people for the sake of people and ruled by people themselves. It is a system of governing whose concepts differ from place to place, from time to time and from person to person. Systems of governments, by no means, will be the same in all aspects. From this point of view, the paper sheds light on the ancient and Islamic practices of democracy, as well as the indigenous democracy of Africa through the case of Ethiopia.

Keywords

• Democracy
• Antiquity
• Islam
• Africa
• Ethiopia

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