Chinese liberalism
welfare state
modus vivendi
autonomy
accountability (governance)
liberalism
emancipation
new right
disagreement
faction
civil disobedience
instrumentalism
basic structure
contemporary liberalism
imperialism
modernization theory
humanism
political theory
democratization
liberty
democratic peace
contractualism
domination
dissent
equality
new liberalism
theories of justice
new left
rights
exploitation
universality
concepts
civil rights
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