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The 55 pages that link to Liberal democracy, each with the reason it gives.

• AuthoritarianismCompared with: Its protections for opposition and individual rights directly oppose core authoritarian restrictions.

• LiberalismRelated: It joins liberal rights to democratic procedures without making majority rule unlimited.

• DemocracyBroader topic: It is a prominent democratic form that constrains elected power through rights and institutions.

• Democratic backslidingNarrower topic: Backsliding can weaken its liberal protections while elections continue.

• PopulismCompared with: Populist claims of a single popular will can conflict with liberal protections and institutional checks.

• FascismCompared with: Fascism rejects pluralist competition and subordinates individual rights to the nation and state.

• Democratic centralismCompared with: Its public political competition differs from centralized decision-making within a ruling party.

• Direct democracyCompared with: It raises the question of how direct majorities are constrained by rights and institutions.

• IndividualismRelated: Individual rights and political participation are central institutional expressions of political individualism.

• TotalitarianismCompared with: Its pluralism and protected opposition conflict with the totalitarian pursuit of a political monopoly.

• Communist Party of the Soviet UnionCompared with: It contrasts with the party’s monopoly on political authority.

• PluralismRelated: Its rights and elections provide protections and channels for competing groups.

• Christian democracyCompared with: Christian democracy operates within liberal democracy while adding a distinct account of social duties and ethical foundations.

• Representative democracyRelated: Representation can operate with or without the liberal rights and constraints this model requires.

• Italian fascismCompared with: Fascism rejected liberal pluralism and dismantled Italy’s constitutional checks.

• Interwar periodCompared with: It faced growing challenges from authoritarian movements during the period.

• MajoritarianismRelated: It combines majority-based elections with protections that constrain majority rule.

• Democratic LegitimacyCompared with: Its rights-based requirements make legitimacy depend on more than majority choice.

• Far-right politicsCompared with: Its protections for pluralism and minority rights conflict with many far-right programs.

• Chinese democracy movementRelated: Many advocates seek both competitive government and safeguards for individual rights.

• NazismCompared with: Nazism rejected political pluralism and replaced democratic institutions with dictatorship.

• Participatory democracyRelated: It provides the institutional framework within which many participatory reforms are proposed.

• One-state solutionRelated: Supporters often frame a shared state around equal individual citizenship and democratic institutions.

• Right-wing populismCompared with: Right-wing populist claims of majority will can conflict with liberal protections and institutional checks.

• Bolivarian RevolutionCompared with: Debates over the revolution ask whether electoral support was matched by adequate institutional checks.

• National SocialismCompared with: The Nazi regime destroyed democratic institutions and rejected political pluralism.

• Economic democracyNarrower topic: Economic democracy asks whether political democracy can coexist with concentrated private economic power.

• Soviet democracyCompared with: Its protections and party competition differed from the one-party Soviet model.

• Competitive authoritarianismCompared with: Unlike competitive authoritarianism, liberal democracy protects the rules and rights that make electoral rivalry fair.

• Mass lineCompared with: Unlike electoral competition, the mass line channels participation through party-led consultation.

• Rodrigo DuterteCompared with: His majoritarian rhetoric and attacks on critics raised questions about democratic checks.

• Brazilian democracyRelated: It offers a standard for examining whether electoral competition is matched by protected rights.

• Democratic People's Republic of KoreaCompared with: Its institutional principles contrast with North Korea's one-party authoritarian rule.

• Laureano GómezCompared with: Gómez’s centralizing proposals and hostility toward opponents conflicted with liberal-democratic norms.

• New ConfucianismCompared with: New Confucians debated whether Confucian ethics could ground or supplement democratic institutions.

• Francis FukuyamaRelated: Fukuyama considered it a leading candidate for history’s final political form.

• Open societyRelated: Elections and civil liberties give public criticism routes to influence government.

• Illiberal democracyCompared with: It preserves the liberal protections that illiberal democracy weakens.

• Xi Jinping ThoughtCompared with: Its pluralist account of political legitimacy contrasts with the party’s insistence on one-party leadership.

• Islam and democracyRelated: Its rights protections and pluralism sharpen disagreements about what a democracy compatible with Islam requires.

• Viktor OrbánCompared with: Orbán’s emphasis on majoritarian rule and national sovereignty is often contrasted with liberal-democratic standards.

• France-Albert RenéCompared with: Its multiparty principles contrasted with Seychelles’ one-party period under René.

• Meir KahaneCompared with: Kahane’s proposed unequal civic order conflicted with liberal democratic principles.

• Political freedomRelated: It institutionalizes political participation alongside protections against arbitrary power.

• Politics of ChinaCompared with: Its multiparty competition contrasts with the Chinese Communist Party’s monopoly on national rule.

• The Open Society and Its EnemiesRelated: Popper defends it for enabling peaceful replacement of rulers and public criticism of policy.

• Western cultureRelated: It drew on Western arguments about popular sovereignty, constitutional limits, and individual freedom.

• Centre-left politicsRelated: Centre-left reform is pursued within its constitutional and pluralist framework.

• Politics of RussiaCompared with: Its standards provide a point of comparison for assessing Russia’s elections and limits on political competition.

• Benevolent dictatorshipCompared with: It pursues public welfare while retaining electoral competition and institutional constraints.