Social Liberalism Ideology

A Social Liberalism Ideology is a liberalism ideology that should include a social foundation, seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice.

• Context:
  • It can advocate for a Market Economy while also emphasizing the need for government intervention to address social issues.
  • It can endorse the expansion of Civil Rights and Political Rights and Civil Liberties alongside Social Welfare Programs.
  • It can view the Common Community Good as harmonious with the individual's freedom.
  • It can address economic and social issues such as poverty, health care, and education.
  • It can be seen as a response to the limitations of Classical Liberalism during periods like the Great Depression.
  • It can influence centrist or centre-left political parties and policies, particularly in the post-World War II era.
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• Example(s):
  • The implementation of social welfare programs in many European countries after World War II.
  • Policies promoting universal health care and public education as seen in Nordic countries.
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs aimed at providing economic relief and reform in the United States during the Great Depression.
  • The Beveridge Report in the United Kingdom, which led to the establishment of the welfare state and the National Health Service.
  • The influence of social liberalism on the European Union's social policy frameworks.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Classical Liberalism.
  • Neoliberalism.
  • Social Communitarianism, which emphasizes community and societal values over individual liberty.
• See: Liberalism, Liberty, Social Justice, Classical Liberalism, Civil Liberties, Government, Poverty, Health Care, Education, Common Good.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/social_liberalism Retrieved:2014-8-13.
  • Social liberalism is the belief that liberalism should include a social foundation. Social liberalism seeks to balance individual liberty and social justice. Like classical liberalism, it endorses a market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights and liberties, but differs in that it believes the legitimate role of the government includes addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care and education. Under social liberalism, the good of the community is viewed as harmonious with the freedom of the individual. Social liberal policies have been widely adopted in much of the capitalist world, particularly following World War II. Social liberal ideas and parties tend to be considered centrist or centre-left. The term social liberalism is used to differentiate it from classical liberalism, which dominated political and economic thought for several centuries until social liberalism branched off from it around the Great Depression. A reaction against social liberalism in the late twentieth century, often called neoliberalism, led to monetarist economic policies and a reduction in government provision of services. However, this reaction did not result in a return to classical liberalism, as governments continued to provide social services and retained control over economic policy.

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