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Illiberal democracy

An illiberal democracy is a non-democratic governing system that "hides its practices behind formally democratic institutions and procedures." While there is no universal consensus on its precise definition, the term broadly describes governments that present themselves as liberal democracies while subtly suppressing opposing views. It has been described…

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related to Further reading · 50
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related to Modern usage · 22
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related to Antiquity to the 20th century · 19
Illiberal democracy → Americanized, By, Caesar, Cicero, Elements, European, For, French Revolution, Horace, In, Latin, Livy, Lord Chesterfield, Ovid, Plato's, Since, Virgil, Whenever, While
related to Criticism · 18
Illiberal democracy → According, Federal Republic, Levitsky, Lucan Way, Poland, Prawo, Sadurski, Slobodan Milošević, Soviet Russia, Sprawiedliwość, Steven Levitsky, They, Thus, Way, Wojciech Sadurski, Writers, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe
related to Slovakia · 17
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related to Types · 15
Illiberal democracy → Free, Freedom House's, Fritz, In, Initially, One, Rakner, Regime, Rocha Menocal, Soviet Union, The, There, This, Western, Zakaria
related to Definition · 10
Illiberal democracy → According, András Sajó, Contemporary, Fritz Stern, Germany, He, Marlène Laruelle, Other, Scholars, Zsolt Enyedi
related to India · 7
Illiberal democracy → Abroad, Fareed Zakaria, Freedom, Home, India, Indian-American, The Future
related to Turkey · 7
Illiberal democracy → CNN, Erik Meyersson, Freedom House’s, In, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey, Zakaria
related to Philippines · 5
Illiberal democracy → Bongbong Marcos, It, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, Since

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Illiberal democracyis anon-democratic governing system that0.90text
electoral authoritarianisminstance ofand therefore prefer terms0.80text
competitive authoritarianisminstance ofand therefore prefer terms0.80text
or soft authoritarianisminstance ofand therefore prefer terms0.80text
or soft authoritarianism.Contemporary usage of illberalism indicates an opposition to liberalism or liberal democracyinstance ofand therefore prefer terms0.80text
suffrage restrictionsinstance ofand anti-democratic practices0.80text
Patrick Deneen have openly criticized liberalisminstance ofOther right-wing thinkers0.80text
instead arguing for replacing it with a new form of illiberal governmentinstance ofOther right-wing thinkers0.80text
the rule of lawinstance oflacking core elements of constitutional liberalism0.80text
civil libertiesinstance oflacking core elements of constitutional liberalism0.80text
and the separation of powersinstance oflacking core elements of constitutional liberalism0.80text
freedom of speechinstance ofit is argued by some scholars that the legacy of the Cold War and the anti-communist '1948 system' contributed to a political culture that often disregards liberal values0.80text

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