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    Challenges→Radical democracy requires rejecting Western liberal democratic institutions such as parliaments and constitutions.

    Rejecting institutions wholesale forfeits existing legal protections disproportionately relied upon by marginalized groups, undermining radical democracy's own egalitarian commitments.

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    Egalitarian commitments(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    A promise or dedication to the principle that all people should be treated as equals and have equal rights and opportunities.
    Institutions(the main subject being discussed)
    Formal or informal systems of rules and organizations (like governments, markets, or legal systems) that structure how people interact and make decisions.
    Legal protections(as used in discussions of justice and governance)
    Rights and safeguards that laws provide to people, such as the right to a fair trial or protection from discrimination.
    Marginalized groups(as used in social and political philosophy)
    Communities or populations that are pushed to the edges of society and have less power and influence in decisions, often due to discrimination or historical disadvantage.

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    radical democracy(Contrasted with liberal democracy; associated with Mouffe and Scholte)
    A form of democracy that rejects Western liberal democratic institutions, individualism, and capitalism, and seeks to establish new governance forms through collective reconstruction.

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