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  Encyclopedia: Liberal democracy
Liberal democracies are also characterised by periodic elections, in which the competing political views possess the opportunity to achieve political power.
They would argue that 'liberal democracy' does not respect majority rule (except when citizens are asked to vote for their representatives), and also that its "liberty" is restricted by the constitution or precedent (in the UK) decided by previous generations.
Since many liberals see democracies with strong statist reflections through the public choice theory as slow, dogmatic, conservative and not too apt for change, the liberal democracy contrasts with what could be called the "statist" democracy in that it emphasizes the civil society as the engine of its public discourse and development further.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Liberal-democracy   (3451 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defence of individual liberty as the purpose of government.
Liberals also argued that nations which had been under imperial rule should be allowed to form their own states, and that old empires should be broken up, at least on the European continent.
In a liberal state, their function is to act as a collective bargaining counterweight to the power of corporations, where as in social democracy, they are part of the power structure, and often assured of seats on corporate boards and a legally backed voice in the operation of large corporations.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Liberalism   (5781 words)

  
 Liberalism
Liberalism can be understood as (1) a political tradition (2) a political philosophy and (3) a general philosophical theory, encompassing a theory of value, a conception of the person and a moral theory as well as a political philosophy.
Those who insist that liberalism is ultimately a nihilistic theory can be interpreted as arguing that this transition cannot be made successfully: liberals, on their view, are stuck with a subjectivistic or pluralistic theory of value, and no account of the right emerges from it.
Prominent liberals have recently shied away from the conception of liberalism as a comprehensive philosophy, and have sought to return to its roots: as a purely political doctrine.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/liberalism   (4702 words)

  
 Liberal Party of Honduras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) is a liberal party in Honduras that was founded in 1891.
The party is a member of Liberal International.
The PLH is identified with the color red, as it's rival, the National Party of Honduras (PNH), is blue.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Honduras   (219 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: South African Liberal Party
The South African Liberal Party was a South African political party, founded in 1953 by the novelist Alan Paton.
The South African government outlawed the Liberal Party in 1968 under the so-called Prohibition of Political Interferences Act, which banned parties from having a multiracial membership.
Liberalism - Liberalism worldwide - List of liberal parties - Liberal International - ELDR - Liberal democracy - List of liberal theorists - A short liberal bibliography
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 The Ultimate Small-l liberal - American History Information Guide and Reference
The term small-l liberal is used, particularly in reference to Australian and Canadian politics, to distinguish between holders of an ideology of liberalism and adherents to either the Liberal Party of Australia or the Liberal Party of Canada (capital L).
Small-l liberals are social progressives to various degrees, with attitudes ranging from lukewarm to strong support for issues such as homosexual marriage, a republic and Aboriginal reconciliation.
Within the Liberal Party of Australia, conservatism and monetarist economics are both are in a position of dominance, leaving some small-l liberals to support groups such as the Australian Democrats who began their existence as split-offs from the Liberal Party.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Small-l_liberal   (412 words)

  
 CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Agresto begins by defining the liberal arts as "the method by which we hope to discover the truth about the most important matters of human life through reason and reflection."  The tension between the liberal arts and the conventional answers to these questions provided by religion, literature, and tradition is then posed.
Facione seems to dismiss both the argument against the liberal arts in favor of more modern approaches, and the argument in favor of the liberal arts as a means of providing general skills applicable to all careers.
Silberman begins his article by saying “A liberal education is the education of a free man.”  He then goes on to explain the term “man” in both the classical and modern contexts.
faculty.tp.devry.edu /~pburden/CLASSICALLIBERALARTSANNOTATEDBIBLIOGRAPHY.html   (6920 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - User:Wilfried Derksen/Liberal lexicon
Party: United Democratic Front, its liberal character is despite its membership of the LI disputable.
Liberal Constitutional Party (Partido Liberal Constitucionalista, member LI), the liberal character of the right-wing is disputable.
Parties: The USA doesn't have a liberal party, but liberals (in the international sense of the word) are active in both main parties, mainly in the Democratic Party
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 wiki/ALDE Definition / wiki/ALDE Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (French: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe) is a Group in the European Parliament.
Social liberalism Social liberalism is either a synonym for new liberalism or a label used by progressive liberal parties in order to differentiate themselves from the more conservative liberal parties, especially when there are two or more liberal parties in a country....
Liberalna demokracija Slovenije Liberal Democracy of Slovenia or LDS (Slovenian: Liberalna demokracija Slovenije) is the liberal and ruling political party of Slovenia.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/ALDE   (2325 words)

  
 Liberal bibliography
This Liberal bibliography lists literature on liberalism as well as the liberal classics.
The list doesn't include literature on liberalism or liberal parties in specific countries.
Liberal classics (in the original languages)">1 Liberal classics (in the original languages)
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 Liberal Party of Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Liberal Party of Macedonia (Liberalna Partija na Makedonija) is a liberal party in the Republic of Macedonia.
The party is a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
At the last legislative elections, 15 september 2002, the party won 5 out of 120 seats in an alliance with the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization-Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Macedonia   (126 words)

  
 cars - Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats are descended from the Liberal Party which dominated British politics for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Liberal Democrats are a member party of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and their 12 MEPs form part of the ALDE group in the European Parliament.
Green Liberalism accepts that the natural world is a system in a state of flux, and does not seek to conserve the natural world as it is. However, it does seek to minimise the damage done by the human species on the natural world, and to aid the regeneration of damaged areas.
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 Liberal bibliography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
literature on liberalism, which can be found at the further reference section of the page on Liberalism
the liberal classics from the middle ages until nowadays, they can be found in the Contributions to liberal theory
literature on liberalism in the diverse countries, which can be found at the country pages listed in Liberalism worldwide.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Liberal_bibliography   (110 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Liberal party, former British political party : Bibliography (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Liberal party, former British political party : Bibliography (British And Irish History) - Encyclopedia
Liberal party, former British political party, British And Irish History
See R. McCallum, The Liberal Party from Earl Grey to Asquith (1963); T. Wilson, The Downfall of the Liberal Party, 1914–1935 (1966); R. Douglas, The History of the Liberal Party, 1895–1970 (1971); R. Eccleshall, British Liberation (1986).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/LiberpEng-bibliography.html   (194 words)

  
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This bibliography was compiled by Dr. Bruce Janz, Associate Professor of Humanities, University of Central Florida.
This bibliography gathers books on the nature of the liberal arts, the contemporary state of the university, hot issues within the university (academic freedom; PC debate; race, gender and class issues) the conversation between the university and society, and calls for the re-organization or rethinking of the university.
Anderson, Charles W. (1993) Prescribing the life of the mind: An essay on the purpose of the university, the aims of liberal education, the competence of citizens, and the cultivation of practical reason.
pegasus.cc.ucf.edu /~janzb/humanities/libbib1.htm   (5260 words)

  
 ChuckIII's College Resources - Miscellaneous - Liberal Education vs Technology - Free Term Papers, Book Reports, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Liberal education teaches students how to broaden their minds and expand their engagement with society.
Liberal arts institutions that wish to be responsible in educating “tomorrow's leaders,” as people say that we should be, will need to explore ways of integrating the study of the effects of technology with more traditional liberal education.
Bibliography § “Liberal Education and Mass Democracy,” Leo Strauss Published in Higher Education and Modern Democracy: The Crisis of the Few and Many, ed.
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 Liberal Party of Andorra
The Liberal Party of Andorra (Partit Liberal d'Andorra) is a liberal party and the largest party in Andorra.
It is led by Marc Forné Molné, who founded the party in 1992.
The PLA is member of the Liberal International and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/l/li/liberal_party_of_andorra.html   (97 words)

  
 Bibliography on the Preparing of Educators for Multiculturalism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Editor’s note: The Institute recently published an annotated bibliography of evaluation research on how institutions of higher education and staff development programs can train professional educators for multicultural education in secondary schools and higher education.
The bibliography was compiled and written by Lena Ampadu, Professor of English at Towson State University.
It looks extensively at the process which faculty in the liberal studies major used to revise their syllabi to include multicultural content, giving excellent examples of 20 revised, classroom-tested syllabi in disciplines as varied as art, literature, nursing, philosophy, and geography.
www.towson.edu /~vanfoss/ampbibad.htm   (670 words)

  
 Slavoj Zizek-Bibliography/The Liberal Waterloo/Lacan Dot Com
November 9 announced the "happy '90s," the Francis Fukuyama dream of the "end of history," the belief that liberal democracy had, in principle, won, and that the only obstacles to this ultra-Hollywood happy ending were merely local pockets of resistance where the leaders did not yet grasp that their time was over.
The ultimate goal was no longer the Fukuyama utopia of expanding universal liberal democracy, but the transformation of the United States into "Fortress America," a lone superpower isolated from the rest of the world, protecting its vital economic interests and securing its safety through its new military power.
If Kerry had won, it would have forced liberals to face the consequences of the Iraq war, allowing the Bush camp to blame Democrats for the results of their own catastrophic decisions.
www.lacan.com /zizekwaterloo.htm   (1654 words)

  
 Philosophy of Liberal Education
"The aim of liberal education is to create persons who have the ability and the disposition to try to reach agreements on matters of fact, theory, and actions through rational discussions." "The Aim of Liberal Education," DiText, September 1, 2003.
"Liberal Education and Global Responsibility," (A talk for a Symposium at Carleton College, in honor of the Inauguration of Robert A. Oden, Jr.
Explores assumptions held by those supporting liberal education as it is currently taught and by those who believe it should not ignore the contributions of other cultures and ethnic groups.
www.ditext.com /libed/libed.html   (4545 words)

  
 Greenwood Publishing Group I1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The bibliography is organized for efficient use with a major section on works by and about anarchist philosophers and thinkers.
This selected and annotated bibliography reflects the growing interest among scholars in anarchist thinkers and thought.
The bibliography also describes important sources of information about the anarchist experience in 18 countries around the world.
info.greenwood.com /books/0313275/0313275920.html   (333 words)

  
 The Parliament of Australia: A Bibliography: Parties/Liberal
Coates, Julie M. "Liberal Backbenchers' View of the Liberal Party." In Australian Politics: A Second Reader.Edited by Henry Mayer.
Kemp, David A. "Liberalism: Is It Relevant?" In Australian Politics: A Fourth Reader.
Tiver, Peter G. "The Ideology of the Liberal Party: A Sketch and Interpretation." Politics 11 (November 1976):156-164.
www.indiana.edu /~librcsd/bib/australia_parliament/Parties/Liberal   (569 words)

  
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"A liberal education is not something any of us ever achieve; it is not a state.
"[The purpose of a liberal arts education is to] open the mind, to correct it, to refine it, to enable it to know, and to digest,
Liberal Ideals and Vocational Aims in University Legal Education,
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 Thesis on What Explains Gladstone's Development from Tory to Peelite to Liberal?
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During the Tory party split, Gladstone followed Peel to become a Peelite and gradually he became swayed to the liberal end of politics, ending his career as one of the most popular icons of Victorian Liberalism who's great reforming ministry of 1868-74 seemed to oppose everything he had initially stood for.
While historians argue over the main influences in his life, what is clear is that he made a mark on the political world with his own brand of liberalism, and with his help, the Liberal party emerged.
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 Liberal party -> Bibliography on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
See R. McCallum, The Liberal Party from Earl Grey to Asquith (1963); T. Wilson, The Downfall of the Liberal Party, 1914-1935 (1966); R. Douglas, The History of the Liberal Party, 1895-1970 (1971); R. Eccleshall, British Liberation (1986).
Claude RYAN, Liberal Party Leader and head of the opposition forces, supporting the vote against the separatism of Quebec.
Claude RYAN, the Liberal Party Leader and head of the opposition forces, and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre TRUDEAU, who has been also supporting the vote against the separatism of Quebec.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/LiberpEng_Bibliography.asp   (546 words)

  
 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
LeBlanc is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Beauséjour—Petitcodiac, New Brunswick, since 2000.
Dominique Boyer was the unsuccessful Liberal Party of Canada candidate in the Canadian federal election, 2004 for the riding of Laurentides--Labelle.
The domino theory was a United States political theory advanced by both liberal and conservative Americans during the Cold War, especially regarding Indochina.
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 Liberal bibliography
You give them birth, and watch over them in their early years; but there comes a day when they leave home to stand on their...
December 23, 1996 -- An annotated bibliography is presented of espionage and detective novels that are recommended as holiday gifts.
December 23, 1996 -- An annotated bibliography is presented of comic novels that are recommended as holiday gifts.
www.articlesgalore.com /documents/Liberal_bibliography   (476 words)

  
 Liberal Arts and Sciences Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
AGLSP is an international organization of colleges and universities offering graduate-level liberal education primarily to adult, part-time students.
This is a worthwhile source for the benefits of a liberal arts education, plus a listing of majors and their possible career paths.
This is a source for articles about particular colleges (Cambridge, Oxford, and a number of U.S. schools), and in general about the value of a liberal arts education at a residential college.
www.educationindex.com /liberal   (483 words)

  
 Learning Chinese with Sinostudy - Sinostudy Chinese language schools in Kunming and Dali   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Liberalism Liberalism worldwide List of liberal parties Liberal International - ELDR Liberal democracy List of liberal theorists A short liberal bibliography This article gives an overview of liberalism in Poland.
It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament.
The party is led by Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Bronisław Geremek 1994: The party merged with the conservative Liberal Democratic Congress into the Freedom Union (Unia Wolności) 2001: A right-wing faction created the conservative Citizens Platform [edit] Liberal leaders Hanna Suchocka - Adam Michnik - Leszek Balcerowicz - Bronisław Geremek [edit] References p.m.
www.dalilanguagecollege.org /chinese-6/chinesischlernen24   (366 words)

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