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Freedom in the World 2018

authority in government. Accordingly it is used most often in describing democratic governments. With democracy came the new ideas of the state’s responsibility to its people, including protecting the rights of citizens. Fukuyama identifies liberal democracies as the most widely endorsed form of a just govern- ment. Liberal Democracy In a liberal democracy, citizens decide who will govern them. They have the right to participate in free and fair elections to

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The Evolution of Government