In his article, the author deals with an analysis of factors (requisites) needed for the stabilisation of democracy, focusing on postsocialist societies of Central and Eastern Europe. He discerns three types of factors: external factors (social, economic, cultural), which are a part of societal environment of political system, international factors that are located in a country's international environment, and internal factors, which are inherent to political system. It is found out that the countries achieving the highest level of the quality of democracy are those having the most favourable conditions regarding all three types of factors.
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