Is social wealth possible without democratic development? : the Lithuanian case
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Demokratija; Japonija (Japan); Komunikacija; Plėtra; Politinis elitas; Socialinis turtas; Socialinė gerovė; Vystymas; Vystymasis; Communication; Democracy; Development; Lithuania; Political elite; Social wealth.
ENThe article discusses the dependence of social wealth on democratic development. Analysis of the growth of the key EU (Germany, France, etc.) and the Far East countries (Japan, Taiwan, etc.) shows that the democratic development of the society starts from a certain level of development of the economy and the middle class. A further basis for the growth of social wealth is a parallel democratic consolidation of society. Poor quality of democracy is one of the factors slowing the growth of social wealth, along with the internal and external factors in the development of the country, such as religion, tradition, investments in human capital, membership or non-membership of the state to the different economic entities etc. The article deals with professed values in Protestant countries of Europe and Japan, as well as the priorities for the development of economic and social environment in the broadest interpretation, which are the very basis that helps Japan and Europe to maintain the proper level of communication in the modern world. In a comparative context, Europe and Japan is considered as a place of social wealth and democratic development in Lithuania. It is emphasised that maturity barometer of the political elite is to realise the country’s goals and objectives of the above differences of position with the opposition. Mature political elite realises that failures in economic policy undermined public confidence in the political system. This forced researchers and public figures to look for the answer to the question, whether originally accepted system and its values are evidential and whether they need to adjust to the specific region and to their political, economic and religious ideology.The article emphasises that the countries and regions that belong to the same or similar core values communicate more intensively and have had a positive influence on each other. In this article, we are talking about Weber’s or similar values in public life and in market economy. The article also highlights that the exclusion from the political process of forces that do not meet the elite ideas about democratic development goes against social equality, violates the rights of members of the society when making decisions and hampers democratic development, which is reflected in the dominance of the State over society and the market. [From the publication]
