Concept information
Preferred term
liberal theory
Definition
- 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]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- autonomy
- basic structure
- Chinese liberalism
- civil rights
- contemporary liberalism
- contractualism
- democratic peace
- democratization
- disagreement
- dissent
- domination
- emancipation
- equality
- faction
- humanism
- instrumentalism
- liberalism
- liberty
- modernization theory
- modus vivendi
- new left
- new liberalism
- new right
- rights
- theories of justice
- universality
- welfare state
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/liberal_theory
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