Liberal

Liberal may refer to:

Politics

• Liberalism
  • Classical liberalism
  • Conservative liberalism
  • Economic liberalism
  • Social liberalism

Australia

• The Liberal Party of Australia, a center-right-wing conservative party

Canada

• The Liberal Party of Canada, a center-left-wing party

United Kingdom

"Liberal" in the United Kingdom is customarily used to describe political beliefs in the classical liberal tradition of the old Liberal Party, rooted in a belief in freedom of the individual. It is also used as a short hand to describe policies of the modern Liberal Democrats.

• Liberal Democrats, the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing Liberal Party (UK) which developed from the Whig (British political party)
• Liberal Party (UK, 1989), The party that was formed in 1989 following the formation of the Liberal Democrats
• European liberalism, liberalism in Europe

United States

• Modern liberalism in the United States
• Progressivism in the United States, a political ideology of reform, often associated with left-leaning movements

Other uses in politics

• Liberal democracy, a form of government based on limited majority rule
• Liberal Democratic Party, a common name for political parties around the globe
• Liberal Party, members of the political party. In a classical sense, a government or political party associated with ideals of high individual freedom etc.
• Liberalism in Russia
• Liberalism worldwide, liberal parties around the world

Economics

• Laissez-faire
• Neoliberalism, a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
• Ordoliberalism

Place names

United States

• Liberal, Kansas
• Liberal, Missouri
• Liberal, Oregon

Other uses

• Liberal religion
• Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom), a religious outlook
• Liberal Christianity, a religious outlook
• Liberal Islam, a religious outlook
• Liberal arts
• El Liberal, a daily newspaper published in Spain between 1879 and 1936
• Liberalism (book), a 1927 book by Ludwig von Mises

See also

• Conservative