This thesis is a case study who analyzes the democracy in North Macedonia during the period 2008-2018. The method which was applied in this study was an ideal-type of democracy. Democracy is defined on the grounds of Robert Dahl’s polyarchy and its seven institutions which are; elected representatives, free and fair elections, universal suffrage, the right to candidate in elections, freedom of speech, alternative information and the right to organize. The material on this work includes reports from the European Commission, Freedom House, the Swedish Government Offices and CountryWatch. The results of this study showed that regarding the four institutions; elected representatives, universal suffrage, the right to candidate in elections and alternative information there have been no significant changes during the period 2008-2018. The institution the right to organize is the only institution where we can see a positive change during the period 2008-2018. On the contrary the institutions; free and fair elections and freedom of speech was those institutions that became more restricted during the period 2015-2018. The institution free and fair elections became more restricted because of the political crisis in recent year, for example the wire-tapping scandal which took place in 2015. To sum up, we can both see positive and negative changes between the period 2008-2018. One thing that we can note is that North Macedonia does not fulfill the seven institutions that characterize an polyarchy and that North Macedonia has some work left to do, to achieve a more democratic and independent political system.