what did liberalism stands for (give the answer in points) with headings i.e politically what it meant economically what it meant?

Dear Student,

 The following points may help you:

a. The concept of liberal is very broad and comprehensive.
b. The ideology became popular in the early 19th century.The term ‘liberalism’ is derived from the Latin word liber, meaning free.
c. 
Liberalism as a school of though propagated the ideas of liberty, equality , fraternity.
d. Some of the popular Liberal theorists were Adam Smith,  John Locker, J.S Mill.



Political Liberalism:

a.For the new middle classes liberalism stood for freedom for the individual and equality of all before the law.
b
. Politically Liberalism, emphasized on the government based on consent.
c. Government where constitution is supreme and is based on the free will of the people where Parliament as the elected body represents symbol of Democracy, as reflected in the  French revolution. 
d. It meant end of autocracy and clerical privileges.
e. It also challenged the traditional institutions of monarchy, church and aristocracy.

 Economic Liberalism:

i. The ideology in the economic sphere, stood for the freedom of markets and the abolition of state-imposed restrictions on the movement of goods and capital.

ii.
Liberals argued for the unified economic territory comprising of common currency, unrestricted mobility of people, goods and services.One can give example of 1834 , Custom union Zollvereian that was formed with German states as its members that abolished trade barriers.
iii. Liberals also stressed on the right to private property which indeed was an important tenet of economic liberalism
iv. They emphasised on inviolability of private property which implied that one's right to private property must and cannot be violated. Rather, one's private property must be protected by the state from any kind of harm, destruction or infringement.


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