Social Liberalism
Branch that combines individual freedoms with strong state action to guarantee welfare, education, and healthcare, defending equal opportunity and social security within the market economy.
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In one sentence
I want a society of individual freedoms sustained by strong social security, with the state guaranteeing health and education for all.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Leaning · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Balanced
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Morality
Leans further toward progressive than 84% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 43This ideology 75
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Economy
On Economy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 60
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
William Beveridge
A British economist, Beveridge designed the United Kingdom's welfare state, proposing universal social security against poverty, disease, and unemployment as a basis for social liberalism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyYamandú OrsiPresident of Uruguay99%
SociallyJohn RawlsPhilosopher99%
EconomicallyTheodor HerzlJournalist100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsPedro SánchezPrime Minister of Spain98%
PoliticsJustin TrudeauStatesman97%
PoliticsNelson MandelaStatesman97%
EconomicsLuiz Carlos Bresser-PereiraEconomist96%
PoliticsOlof PalmeStatesman96%
EconomicsJohn Maynard KeynesEconomist96%
BusinessWarren BuffettInvestor95%
PoliticsBarack ObamaStatesman95%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
United Kingdom
Liberal-financial monarchyA parliamentary monarchy, the United Kingdom has a long liberal and democratic tradition, a market economy, and a strong financial sector, maintaining global influence after leaving the European Union in the process known as Brexit.
Other close countries
Iceland
Social-pacifist republicA Nordic parliamentary republic, Iceland combines stable democracy, a welfare state, an open market economy, a highly secular and progressive society, strong institutional trust, and a peaceful foreign policy without permanent armed forces.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyUruguaySecular-progressive republic98%
SociallySpainDecentralized-social monarchy98%
EconomicallyQatarRentier-projective monarchy100%
The most distant
Allende's Chile
1970–1973Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyWeimar Republic1919–193388%
SociallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193990%
EconomicallyMacedonian Empire336–323 a.C.91%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Center
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- Center
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The most distant ideology
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