Liberalism: A Political Analysis

Liberalism is a worldview or a philosophy of politics that is developed on the ideas of equality and liberty. Liberals display an extensive set of views which is dependent on their comprehension of these principles, and normally they support programs and ideas like freedom of the press, freedom of speech, civil rights, free markets, freedom of worship, gender equality, secular governments as well as international cooperation. Initially, liberalism became a known political movement during the period of enlightenment when it became well known among economists and philosophers in the Western world.
Liberalism renounced the prevailing political and social beliefs of the state religion, and hereditary privilege. John Locke is the philosopher who …show more content…
The promotion and increase of free markets were also one of the greatest achievements of liberalism. Initially, people could develop markets, but, liberals had to put an end to the traditional economic structures of the globe. For that reason, the reformers brought an end to policies that were mercantilist in nature, royal monopolies and different other difficulties on economic activities (Gray, 2014). They also desired to do away with barriers to trade that were internal hence eliminating local tariffs, guilds and the prohibitions on selling land along the …show more content…
However, its fortunes differed with the historical conditions in each country in the European Union, the pace of the growth of industries, circumstances of state unification, the strength of the aristocracy and power of the crown (Sakwa, 2008). Religion can also affect the character of liberalism. Liberalism in Roman Catholic states like Spain, Italy, and France, for instance, wanted to get anti-clerical overtones and the people who supported liberalism in those nations desired to favor administrative laws restricting the political power and civil authority of the clergy in the Catholic