Jan 13, 2025 · Social welfare measures such as these were first enacted by the decidedly non-liberal government of Otto von Bismarck in Germany in the late 19th century, but liberal …

Jan 13, 2025 · liberalism, political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the central problem of politics. Liberals typically believe that government is …

Jan 13, 2025 · In the 1970s there arose similar movements struggling for equal rights for women, gays and lesbians, the physically or mentally disabled, and other minorities or disadvantaged …

liberalism, Political and economic doctrine that emphasizes the rights and freedoms of the individual and the need to limit the powers of government. Liberalism originated as a defensive …

Jan 13, 2025 · Liberalism and democracy. The early liberals, then, worked to free individuals from two forms of social constraint—religious conformity and aristocratic privilege—that had been …

Jan 13, 2025 · From the liberal perspective, individuals are not only citizens who share a social contract with each other but also people with rights upon which the state may not encroach if …

Jan 19, 2025 · Social democracy, political ideology that originally advocated a peaceful evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism using established political …

Jan 13, 2025 · Liberalism - Democracy, Equality, Liberty: Liberalism remains a vibrant and influential, if divided, political ideology. In the two decades following the elections of Thatcher …

Jan 6, 2025 · This article discusses the origins of classical liberalism, its historical instantiations, its contrasts with modern liberalism, and its contemporary revival as neoclassical liberalism or …

Jan 13, 2025 · Liberalism - 19th Century, Reforms, Equality: As an ideology and in practice liberalism became the preeminent reform movement in Europe during the 19th century. Its …