Democrația – regimul politic al compromisului

Democracy – the Political Regime of Compromise

Abstract

My paper will describe and explore the concept of compromise as it was analyzed by the Romanian politologist Alin Fumurescu and then, apply this concept on democracy, as a political regime. Furthermore, I will present the specific aspects of democracy as a regime of compromise in Romania, trying to figure out the real impact of social media on the democratic behaviour of citizens. Thus, compromise will be discussed both from the perspective of the government, as well as from the perspective of relations between citizens in the public sphere. Is compromise still possible in the technological era of social media or are we in a crisis of identity, as Fumurescu states in his book „Compromise: A Political and Philosophical History”?