Abstract:
Democracy is a form of governing of today's modern state, while democratization is a process of regime change from authoritarian ortotalitarian to establishment of liberal democracy. As a political phenomenonit is a transformation that lasts long period of time. Democratic consolidation is longer than the democratic transition and it can last several decades by encompassing the cultivation of democratic values for the eliteand the wider population, as well as the legitimating and fully institutionalizing the new democracy. The process ends with the competition of this consolidation. The democracy in Macedonia is young, unformed and non-stabilized; therefore it is still fragile and unsustainable.
