The Rise of Illiberal Democracy is about how democracy for some countries has become illiberal democracy. Free and fair elections have become the majority and then what happens is that the majority gains power and the natural rights of the citizens are completely abused and ignored. Zakaria states that “the leaders of these countries have argued that they need the authority to overthrow feudalism, divide entrenched coalitions, ignore vested interests, and bring order to chaotic societies” (Zakaria 32). Illiberal democracy is on the rise, especially in third world countries, where leaders believe that having more power would actually help transform countries into more liberal democracy. Today, more than half of the world's countries are illiberal democracies. Illiberalism is nowhere near disappearing: it is actually a mixture of democracy and illiberalism. So what's happening is that the majority is electing these dictators into office who are going as far as restrictions on speech, assembly etc. Zakaria believed that to truly have a liberal democracy there should be a strong basis for checks on the power of each branch of government, equality before the law, impartial courts and tribunals, and separation of church and state. The truth is that an illiberal democracy does not satisfy all races, for whom it actually causes more problems. Zakaria also mentions democracy, but democracy does not seem to bring with it constitutional liberalism. In contrast to the paths of West and East Asia, over the last two decades in Latin America, Africa and parts of Asia dictatorship with few black lands in “constitutional liberalism has given way to democracy.(Zakaria 28)”. Most countries today are democratic in appearance, but in reality they have… paper fights. Democracy plays a huge role in women's suffrage because it was a major setback for women and their right by giving us limitations on what we were entitled to participate in, but liberalism gives us the right to fight for our rights and equality to earn the same rights as men. Women and minorities could vote or essentially take part in any political issue. We were both segregated and suffered great sacrifices. Zakaria, F. (1997). The rise of illiberal democracy. The liberal autocracy in Egypt | Brookings Institution. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2008/06/24- Egypt-alanani Civil Rights Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/chronology.htmlWomen's Rights Movement in the United States: Chronology of Events (1848-1920) | Infoplease.com. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html