Abstract This article is based on the report at the scientific session of the General Meeting of Members of the RAS on November 13, 2019, and analyzes the fundamental conflict between constitutionalism and democracy expressed in the distrust of constitutionalism in the rule of the people. The elitist nature of modern representative democratic government is shown to cast doubt on the values of democracy. At the same time, the author draws attention to two main trends that determine the prospects for democracy in modern constitutionalism: the efforts of governments to ensure the legal basis for open government and the consolidation of mechanisms for effective civic participation in the exercise of public authority based on rational communicative discourse. In this context, the problems of democracy in Russia are considered.

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现代宪政中的民主前景

摘要 本文以2019年11月13日RAS议员大会科学会议的报告为基础，分析了宪政与民主之间的根本冲突，即对宪政对人民统治的不信任。现代代议制民主政府的精英性质显示出对民主价值的怀疑。同时，作者提请注意决定现代宪政民主前景的两个主要趋势：政府努力确保开放政府的法律基础和巩固公民有效参与行使公共权力的机制。基于理性的交际话语。在此背景下，俄罗斯的民主问题被考虑在内。