The Dilemma Of Western Democracy From The Perspective Of Brexit

The political referendum on Brexit has caused a worldwide sensation.In recent years,the Black Swan incident has been common,subverting the post-war mainstream political development route and democratic operation model in the West,and showing the chaos of the decline of Western democratic politics.Aiming at the reasons for the decline of Western democratic politics,this subject starts with Brexit and examines the dynamic development process and existing problems of British democratic politics based on the literature research method,historical research method and descriptive research method.By combing the development history and evolution process of Western democratic politics,it summarizes the realistic characteristics of Western democratic politics,discusses the Western democratic political dilemma behind Brexit on the basis of democratic political theory,and analyzes the current ideological roots of Western democratic politics in dilemma.Specifically,it analyzes the gap between Western democratic political theory and reality from the perspective of theoretical dilemma and the game between populism and elitism in Western political society;from the perspective of institutional dilemma,it discusses the conflict between direct democracy and representative democracy and the economic system under the influence of neoliberalism The impact on Western democratic politics;from the perspective of operational difficulties,expose the trend of fragmentation of Western political parties,the increasingly obvious opposition of social classes,and the obstruction of Western majority political practice by "majority tyranny".After clearly understanding the roots of the plight of Western democratic politics,this topic finally puts forward some experiences and lessons on the construction of democratic politics: the relationship between procedural democracy and substantive democracy,the relationship between democratic form and efficiency,and democratic participation must be properly handled Relationship with stability,relationship between civil rights and populism,relationship between democratic legitimacy and rationality.