MILL’S THEORY OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY

U članku se analizira Millovu teoriju liberalne demokracije kao sintezu elemenata dviju različitih političkih tradicija i doktrina: liberalizma i demokracije, ujedinjavanje liberalnih ideja slobode, ograni- čenja vlasti, političke reprezentacije i vodstva elite te demokratskih ideja jednakosti, socijalne homogenosti, narodne suverenosti i participacije građana. Autor zaključuje da protuslovlja u Millovoj teoriji ne proizlaze iz njegovih logičkih nedosljednosti, već iz protuslovnih zahtjeva koje je nastojao pomiriti.The article deals with Mill’s theory of liberal democracy as a synthesis of the elements of two different political traditions and doctrines: liberalism and democracy, integration of liberal concepts of freedom, limitations of power, political representation and elite leadership and democratic ideas of equality, social homogeneity, national sovereignty and citizens” participation. The author concludes that the contradictions found in Mill’s theory do not stem from the inconsistency of the logic of his argumentation, but from the contradictory demands he tried to reconcile