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Revision as of 14:56, 16 December 2008
Liberal may refer to:
Politics
Australia
- The Liberal Party of Australia, a centre-right party
Canada
- The Liberal Party of Canada, a left of centre Canadian political party
United Kingdom
Liberal in the United Kingdom may refer to opposing both conservative and socialist positions, particularly those of economic protectionists and authoritarians:
- Liberal Democrats, the third political party in the UK, and the successor to the 19th and 20th century governing Liberal Party (UK)
- European liberalism, liberalism in Europe
United States
- One who supports social liberalism
- Liberalism, a political ideology that seeks to maximize individual liberties. Within liberalism are competing schools of thought, in general they are:
- Modern American liberalism in the United States
- Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements
Other uses in politics
- Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions
- 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 worldwide, liberal parties around the world
- Small-l liberal, a term used to distinguish between people with a liberal ideology and members of a Liberal party
Economics
- Economic liberalism
- Laissez-faire
- Neoliberalism, a contemporary free-market political-economic philosophy
- Ordoliberalism
- Social liberalism
Place names
In the United States:
- Liberal, Kansas, a city
- Liberal, Missouri, a city
- Liberal, Oregon, an unincorporated community
Other uses
- Liberal Judaism, 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