Liberal democracy traces its origins—and its name—to the European 18th-century, also known as the Age of Enlightenment. At the time, the vast majority of European states were monarchies, with political power held either by the

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In practice, democracies do have limits on certain freedoms. There are various legal limitations such as copyright and laws against defamation. There may be limits on anti-democratic

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For a political regime to be considered a liberal democracy it must contain in its governing over a nation-state the provision of civil rights- the non

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Several organisations and political scientists maintain lists of free and unfree states, both in the present and going back a couple centuries. Of these, the best known may be the Polity Data Set and that produced by Freedom House and Larry Diamond.

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Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
Marxists, communists, as well as some socialists and anarchists argue that liberal democracy under capitalist ideology is constitutively class-based and therefore can never be democratic or participatory. It is referred to as

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• Constitutional liberalism
• Democratic ideals
• Economic liberalism
• Elective rights
• History of democracy

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Proportional vs. plurality representation
Plurality voting systemaward seats according to regional majorities. The political party or individual

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