Social liberalism
Defends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal opportunity.
Associated with: John Rawls, L. T. Hobhouse, the New Deal coalition.
Social liberalism sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly institutional on institutions and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority.
Where social liberalism sits on eight dimensions
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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions.