What is liberal democracy Liberal democracy is a particular form of democracy which is based upon a fundamental set of assumptions about the individual, the state and society. What are these basic assumptions and how far does liberal democracy succeed in its main aims? Francis Fukuyama in 1989 declared ‘The end of history’ claiming that with the fall of world communism and the almost universal acceptance of liberal democracy, that man had finally found the ultimate …showed first 75 words of 1816 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1816 total…in the eye of the beholder, in as much as there is debate as to the level of democratisation within the system, but in my view as long as the fundamental tenants of ‘negative’ freedom are upheld and there is constant exploration of and opportunity for further democratisation, as I believe the volume of academic opinion suggests, then I believe that liberal democracy, as long as it remains dynamic, achieves most of its main aims.