The erosion of media freedom is a growing phenomenon. Worldwide, journalists face
obstruction, hostility, and violence as powerful political and private actors exercise a …

Asia is the region of the world in which liberal thought has had the least impact, as it is home
to several deeply grounded traditions of political thought. It is also a place of several …

Gender has become a central feature of illiberal rhetoric and action. While socio-legal
scholarship has established a clear relationship between anti-genderism and populist …

To tell the history of illiberalism, this article traces the meaning of the words “illiberal” and
“illiberalism.” Beginning in Ancient Rome until the eighteenth century, the words were mostly …

The rise of illiberalism may have been fuelled in part by group-based psychological needs
for recognition and dominance. The group-based need for recognition can be captured by …

This chapter argues that the task of entrenching liberal principles in a historically diverse,
deeply segregated Indian society was a monumental one. This goal was nevertheless …

Can liberal forces resist the emergence of illiberal regimes or delay their consolidation of
power? What are the weaknesses of illiberal regimes? This chapter argues that illiberal …

The chapter proposes replacing “illiberal” with the term “authoritarian” to move beyond
contemporary analyses of freedom or civil and political rights and thus also foreground …

Although it is almost common sense in Brazil that far-right leaders typically deploy impolite
language as part of their rhetoric, the issue is still understudied and lacks empirical …

This chapter examines the syntagm “liberal democracy” and then looks at similarities
between an authoritarian regime and an illiberal state. It then raises the dangers of a …