Modus Vivendi and Agonistic Democracy: Realistic Conceptions of Political Stability and Democracy

Authors

  • Cicerón Muro Cabral Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración y Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7661-1989

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46468/rsaap.17.1.N2

Keywords:

Modus vivendi, Agonistic Democracy, Political Realism, Pluralism, Legitimacy

Abstract

This research note presents some of the problems and arguments for the formulation of a theoretical model of political stability and democracy from a realistic perspective. The problem of research concerns the type of democracy required for the stability of a modus vivendi in a liberal regime considering a realistic conception of politics. The hypothesis that is argued is that agonistic democracy is the conception of democracy adequate for the political stability of a modus vivendi if the postulates of contemporary political realism are considered. The proposed methodology defines the conceptual relationships between both conceptions and political realism.

Published

2023-05-17