Chinese liberalism
accountability (governance)
autonomy
basic structure
civil disobedience
civil rights
concepts
contemporary liberalism
contractualism
democratic peace
democratization
disagreement
dissent
domination
emancipation
equality
exploitation
faction
humanism
imperialism
instrumentalism
Since its emergence in early modern Europe, the liberal tradition of political thought has spawned three major families of theory. The oldest, going back to the seventeenth century or earlier, comprises a set of ideas about political institutions. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Liberal Theory]
liberal theory
liberalism
liberty
modernization theory
modus vivendi
new left
new liberalism
new right
political theory
rights
theories of justice
universality
welfare state