Crisis can be thought of as a moment of transformation or rupture. This conception of crisis as not merely a condition of uncertainty, risk, threat and rupture but also as a moment of decisive intervention has become blurred amidst the instantaneity of events that are filtered through social media and television news. In other words, when it comes to current trends in democratic governance a clear distinction between transformation and rupture cannot be drawn. Furthermore, the role of politics as mediator of processes is tainted by highly polarized environments and public policy politicization. Politics need leadership, governance needs institutions and collective change is more legitimate under a democratic system. Consequently, it makes little sense to speak of a crisis or rupture of democracy, without first recognizing the problem and identifying an agency capable of making decisive interventions towards a solution. Any transformation can be thought as a process of destruction and construction, an inherently dialectical moment of transformation. As Norberto Bobbio suggested, the dynamic of transformation, particularly the one involving political power, can essentially be thought as the emergence of new communities in old political orders. So, what we are currently experiencing in democratic governance is it transformation or rupture?
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