Dec 11, 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 …

Dec 11, 2025 · This article discusses the political foundations and history of liberalism from the 17th century to the present. For coverage of classical and contemporary philosophical …

Dec 11, 2025 · Liberalism - Equality, Rights, Democracy: The three decades of unprecedented general prosperity that the Western world experienced after World War II marked the high tide …

Dec 11, 2025 · Liberalism - Individualism, Free Markets, Liberty: Although liberal ideas were not noticeable in European politics until the early 16th century, liberalism has a considerable …

Dec 13, 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 …

Dec 11, 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 …

Modern liberals have held that freedom can also be threatened by private economic actors, such as businesses, that exploit workers or dominate governments, and they advocate state action, …

Modern liberalism developed from the social-liberal tradition, which focused on impediments to individual freedom—including poverty and inequality, disease, discrimination, and …

New liberalism, in British history, a body of distinctive legislation on social welfare enacted between 1906 and the outbreak of World War I. Herbert Louis Samuel, Winston Churchill, and …

Dec 11, 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 …