Major Factors Affecting the Crisis of Democracy in Iraq Society

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the most important factors affecting the crisis of democracy in general and consensual democracy in particular. It also aims to identify the level of effectiveness of pluralism, which hindered real democracy and gave rise to the one basket democracy, which marginalized the other social groups in the presence and permanence of the complex crises experienced by the Iraqi society. The social aspects play an important role in the crisis of democracy. They led to the failure of the consensual democratic model in Iraq as political parties that monopolized political power through democratic practice lack scientific, political, and economic programs.