The basis of the research in this master’s thesis is the politics of neoliberalism. As a fundamental political and economic doctrine of the current period with an apparent symbiosis with democracy (which is actually a skewed understanding of its relations), it is actually responsible for democracy’s deficit and other principles and values connected with it. With such perception and understanding of reality and known examples of alternative options to this political and economic paradigm, like those in Latin America, we tried to set the timeframe of this political economy in the concept of post-neoliberalism. Based on the examples from practice, we tested the hypothesis that post-neoliberalism’s time is running out. At the same time, our research included the attempts of reanimation and re-emergence of democratic principles and values through deliberative democracy and deliberative systems. In an attempt to conceptualise, we built a theoretical framework and looked for challenges in practice through its genealogy and common points with other types of democracy. At the end of the thesis, we also studied whether deliberative democracy and systems can be an answer to the continuous neoliberal struggle with democratic frames and elements even though they need a formal establishment to function.
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