الملخص

History has shown us that there are no two contradictory and opposing aspects of human relations, one of which is only about freedom, justice and peace, and the other of injustice and oppression. Badad has been trying to do this on the political, economic and social levels since ancient times This contradictory history was met with the eternal dream, which led religious men, philosophers, and some thinkers to try to find some kind of relationship or agreement that would achieve some kind of stability until they arrived at the idea of ​​democracy Which needed a theoretical and practical framework that would be implemented on the ground in all societies, including Iraqi society, which has suffered throughout history from injustice, tyranny, oppression, colonialism, and occupation, even though Iraqi, Arab, and Islamic history is rich in sciences, knowledge, and civilizational discoveries that changed the course of humanity and its way of life, However, modern Iraq, since the establishment of the Iraqi state in 1921, has not experienced periods of prosperity except for a few brief periods, preceded and followed by manifestations of poverty, ignorance, and the ravages of wars, killing, and terrorism. During these periods, the government's power, cruelty, and unilateral decision-making were the deciding factors that brought about these calamities and crises Due to internal, regional, and external motives and factors, it ultimately became subject to the control of political decision-making by regional and international powers, After 2003, the Iraqi citizen began to look forward to new horizons that carried within them the meanings of freedom, justice, equality, ideas, trends, and tendencies towards achieving democracy under a system whose primary concern is the citizen, not the government, The decision should be his first and last, after those decades overshadowed by political and social tyranny. But in reality, he found himself under an administration that lacked decision-making power, whose only concern was remaining in power, not providing services or carrying out reforms. It practiced marginalization, exclusion, and a lack of transparency. This burdened him and eroded his faith in the slogan of democracy, turning it into a curse rather than a blessing, exacerbating his reality and disturbing his peace. Hence, the research sought to answer the question of the nature of democracy, its standards, components, the reasons for its crisis, and the internal and external obstacles that stand in its way, Which led to failure, resulting in the conclusions and facts that made democracy a crisis that is difficult to practice at the present time, as well as revealing the future vision of democracy in contemporary Iraqi society in light of regional and international changes and geopolitical transformations .\f humanity and its way of life.