New Liberalism

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New Liberalism was an early 20th-century British political philosophy within the Liberal Party that emphasized social welfare, state intervention, and economic reforms to address poverty and inequality.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ideology
political philosophy
strand of liberalism
aimsTo address poverty
protect individuals from market failures
reconcile liberalism with mass democracy
reduce economic inequality
associatedWith David Lloyd George
H. H. Asquith
Liberal Party (UK)
Winston Churchill (as Liberal politician)
contrastsWith laissez-faire liberalism
coreIdea equality of opportunity
positive freedom
redistribution to reduce poverty
social justice
social welfare
state intervention in the economy
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
developedIn early 20th century
emergedIn late 19th century
emphasizes collective responsibility for welfare
role of the state in securing liberty
follows classical liberalism
historicalContext industrialization
rise of labour politics
urban poverty
historicalPeriod Edwardian era
influenced British welfare state development
Liberal welfare reforms 1906–1914
modern social liberalism
influencedBy J. A. Hobson
L. T. Hobhouse
T. H. Green
social reform movements
relatedTo social liberalism
welfare liberalism
supportsPolicy housing reform
labour regulation
minimum standards of living
old-age pensions
progressive taxation
public education expansion
public health measures
social insurance
unemployment insurance
viewOnLiberty liberty requires social and economic conditions
viewOnProperty property rights subject to social obligations
viewOnState state as enabler of freedom

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