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  Liberalism Encyclopedia Article @ Avowed.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Political liberalism is the belief that individuals are the basis of law and society, and that society and its institutions exist to further the ends of individuals, without showing favor to those of higher social rank.
This political liberalism was often driven by economic liberalism, namely, the desire to end feudal privileges, guild or royal monopolies, restrictions on ownership, and laws which did not permit the full range of corporate and economic arrangements being developed in other countries.
Eloy Alfaro in 1895 lead a "radical liberal" revolution that secularized the state, opened marriage laws, engaged in the development of infrastructure and the economy.
www.avowed.org /encyclopedia/Liberalism   (4542 words)

  
 Liberalism - Avoo - Ask Us A Question - Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
According to the tenets of this form of liberalism, as explained by writers such as John Dewey and Mortimer Adler, since individuals are the basis of society, all individuals should have access to basic necessities of fulfillment, such as education, economic opportunity, and protection from harmful macro-events beyond their control.
Another example of this form of liberal revolution is from Ecuador where Eloy Alfaro in 1895 lead a "radical liberal" revolution that secularized the state, opened marriage laws, engaged in the development of infrastructure and the economy.
Liberals are in favour of a pluralist system in which differing political and social views, even extreme or fringe views, compete for political power on a democratic basis and have the opportunity to achieve power through periodically held elections.
www.millvalleycaus.com /topic/Liberalism   (9847 words)

  
 Chapter 24: A History of Spain and Portugal, vol. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The social structure of Spain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was a comparatively normal one for a country still in the early phases of transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy.
Spain had a comparatively large noneconomic middle class: a high proportion of army officers (though not of soldiers), a rather large number of people in the liberal professions, and a significant proportion of clergy.
This new republican radicalism had developed in a political vacuum, in a mood of emotion and hatred; it was doctrinaire and sectarian, rejecting the compromise tactics of historic parliamentarianism, with which it had little or no acquaintance.
libro.uca.edu /payne2/payne24.htm   (20565 words)

  
 Publishing in the Languages of Spain: Present and Future Trends
The oppression of the peripheral cultures in Spain during the almost forty years of the Franco regime is often referred to.
They were also a manifestation both of the rejection of the centralism of the liberal monarchy and of the struggle of the small farmers and ordinary clergy against the large landed estates (latifundismo) and centralized capitalism of the high aristocracy and bourgeoisie, and of the struggle to defend local freedoms: the traditional rights (Fueros).
While Spain lives in isolation with its nationalist-regionalist movements persecuted and suppressed, in the rest of Europe the totalitarian and authoritarian tendencies of the Marxist and radical left are subject to harsh criticism, both internal and external.
www.dartmouth.edu /~wessweb/nl/Spring98/SpainS98.html   (2656 words)

  
 Chapter 19: A History of Spain and Portugal, vol. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It was a liberalism derived from a somewhat romanticized conception of Spanish history that tended to exaggerate the achievements of the medieval Cortes, positing a parliamentary "Spanish tradition of liberty" that had been cut short by the imposition of Habsburg despotism after the defeat of the comuneros in 1520-1521.
Equally important was the fact that liberalism was being established during a major civil war in which the military leadership was of crucial significance and hence played a disproportionately influential role.
Since the new liberal elite was fundamentally land-based, one of the first acts of restored constitutional government in 1820 had been to contradict its nominal doctrines of the free market by setting rigorous import restrictions on grain.
libro.uca.edu /payne2/payne19.htm   (15693 words)

  
 Authentic German Liberalism of the 19th Century - Mises Institute
In the meanwhile, economic liberalism in the form of the ideas of Adam Smith had penetrated the German academic world, especially at Göttingen and at Königsberg, where Christoph Jakob Kraus, a close friend of Kant's, was their chief proponent.
Liberals who constantly preach against war are blind to reality, refusing to see, in their one-sided concentration on the economy (sic), the existence and influence of "the sense of state" of the people.
The central "problem" that engendered a certain liberal drift towards the authoritarian state was the emergence of a political movement that claimed the allegiance of the bulk of the industrial working class, and that proposed to destroy the social order based on private property.
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 Liberalism and radicalism in Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is limited to liberal and radical parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament.
In the nineteenth century liberalism was a dominant political force in Spain, but the label itself was also used by the conservative current.
A common grave for six Liberal politicians from the 19th century at the Panteón de Hombres Ilustres, Madrid.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Liberalism_and_radicalism_in_Spain   (1098 words)

  
 The Anarcho-Statists of Spain
I conclude with a philosophical dissection of the Spanish Anarchist movement, showing that their horrific behavior was largely the result of their incoherent view of human freedom, their unsuccessful attempt to synthesize socialism and liberty, and their uncritical and emotional way of thinking.
Spain was not itself on the gold standard, but bank notes had to be backed by a fractional reserve of gold so many of the same forces would be at work.[107]
Spain devalued the peseta (a move which makes it much easier to avoid deflation) to 79.5% of parity in 1930, and continued to devalue it until by 1935 the gold content of the peseta was a mere 55.3% of par.
www.gmu.edu /departments/economics/bcaplan/spain.htm   (17032 words)

  
 Offshoots of Liberalism - Feminism
The Liberals like Condorcet and Madam Roland came out for the equal treatment of women and there was even presented to the National Assembly a Declaration of the Rights of Women on behalf of the women's clubs organized in France.
Thus, the question of property rights was raised to a prominent position in the Liberal Women's Rights Movement, as was her claim to entrance into the professions and to economic security in her own right.
In France and Spain (particularly in Spain) where industry is not predominant and the home life has been traditionally stable to a greater extent than in other countries, the women stay at home while the men work.
www.weisbord.org /Feminism.htm   (8284 words)

  
 radicalism - OneLook Dictionary Search
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radicalism : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Phrases that include radicalism: liberalism and radicalism in bulgaria, liberalism and radicalism in ecuador, liberalism and radicalism in paraguay, liberalism and radicalism in spain
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 Section 7: The French Revolution: Liberalism and Radicalism /Shaping of the Modern World/Brooklyn College
There were liberals and conservatives among the nobles + But in 1789 still no republicans in France.
Losses in the war radicalized the pop of Paris and the rest of France.
The new people in control were again rich bourgeois liberals - chief aim was to perpetuate their own rule.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /history/virtual/core4-7.htm   (7175 words)

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