IDEOLOGY PROFILE / LIBERALISM

Social Liberalism.

Combines civil and political liberties with social protections and public action to widen effective opportunity.

Liberalism
AT A GLANCE

Defining principles

01Individual liberty
02Social safety nets and equal opportunity

These are broad descriptions of an intellectual tradition. Individual adherents, historical organizations, and governments may differ.

THE PROFILE

How this tradition is modeled

Our model scores positions on independent dimensions. A dimension omitted here is not treated as a neutral belief; it simply isn’t a defining part of this profile.

You Social Liberalism

Political economy

Private property83
Market exchange83
Economic planning38
Redistribution83
Worker control55
State ownership45

Institutions

Political pluralism100
Civil liberties100

Society & identity

Internationalism83
Migration openness80

Culture & change

Structural rupture10

Scale: 0–100 within each dimension. Bars show relative positioning, not strength of conviction. Unanswered dimensions are omitted.

YOUR PROFILE

You and this tradition

similarity

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THE DISTINCTIONS

Compare with another ideology

Social Liberalismvs.

A reformist tradition combining a largely market-based economy with strong unions, universal services, redistribution, and competitive democracy.

Economic planning
Social Liberalism 38Social Democracy 55
Redistribution
Social Liberalism 83Social Democracy 95
State ownership
Social Liberalism 45Social Democracy 57
Private property
Social Liberalism 83Social Democracy 73
Civil liberties
Social Liberalism 100Social Democracy 90

Numbers indicate model positions on a 0–100 scale, not a moral ranking or measure of certainty.