The paper identifies the challenge of defining key

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Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap and stated challenges of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1983 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 2 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Democracia pragmática: pressupostos de uma teoria normativa empiricamente orientada (2010) · Dados · cited 2× · doi

  Within the scope of dialectically analyzing democracy, the article contends that numerous possibilities remain to be explored, even from the normative point of view, given the reluctance of democratic theory to draw on empirical reality to test its premises, expand its concepts, revalidate its meanings, and broaden its horizons.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: within scope dialectically analyzing democracy article contends numerous possibilities remain explored even normative point view
• Spinoza Siyasal Düşüncesinde Siyasal İktidarın Sürekliliği ve Demokrasinin İşlevi (2026) · Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy · doi

  The study identifies a gap in the literature on Spinoza's concept of democracy, highlighting the need for a functionalist approach. The article argues that Spinoza's idea of democracy has been misunderstood as a normative endorsement, rather than a functional and rational response to the problem of political continuity.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: study identifies gap literature spinoza concept democracy highlighting
• Critical comments on Lijphart's theory of consociational democracy (1983) · Politikon · doi

  The paper identifies the challenge of defining key concepts such as pluralism. The author discusses the challenge of developing a clear methodology for studying consociational democracy. The paper argues that the lack of empirical research is a major challenge for the field.

  generalstated challengesevidence 5/5
  Keywords: paper identifies challenge defining key concepts pluralism author

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