An Analysis of Liberalism and Nationalism in Political Studies

This essay provides an introduction to the political philosophies of liberalism and nationalism. It defines liberalism as a political and moral philosophy emphasizing individual rights, free markets, and limited government, tracing its historical development from the Age of Enlightenment and its influence on economic liberalization. The essay contrasts liberalism with nationalism, which prioritizes national interests and can attract supporters by promising national unity and prioritizing the nation over globalist ideals. The essay highlights the rivalry between these ideologies, examining their historical context, core principles, and political implications, including their impact on global cooperation, economic policies, and cultural traditions. The essay also references academic sources to support its arguments.

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Liberalism
Liberalism is political as well as moral philosophy that is totally based on the governed as
well as the equity of law. It is highlighted as the wide array of views that is totally depends on
the understanding of those principles. They usually support the free market, free trade, limited
government, individual rights and many others. It became thee distinct movement at the time of
Age of Enrichment1. It became very popular among the Western Philosophers. It replaced the
norms of state religion, traditional conservatism, rule of law and many others2. They also
engaged themselves into the royal monopolies, barriers of trade, free trade and free markets. It is
credited as the searching of liberalism and it is totally based on the social contact. It is said that
each man has a nature of light. When British Liberal tradition wants to increase their democracy
then French liberalism increases the rate of rejection of the authoritarianism and it helps to link
the natural building.
Economic liberalization refers to the reduction of several government regulations from
various corporate industries and trade. It is usually prevented by several advocates of free
markets as well as trades. It helps to reduce the taxes and it helps to increase the social security.
It is totally associated with the privatization of the companies. It is the procedure of shifting the
ownership of business.
Liberalism is dominant for twenty first century
1 Bytheway, Simon James. "Economic Liberalisation and Its Socio-Economic Consequences in
India, 1966-1996: With Reference to the Japanese Experience of Liberalisation." Journal of
International Studies 7 (2020): 1-15.
2 Deb, Rajesh, Pralaya Kanungo, Vijaysekhar Reddy, and Anurag Joshi. "Block-3 Institutional
Framework." (2020).

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In current economic crisis, all the certitudes are breaking down. In this century, liberalism
is spread all over the world and there is a common consensus among the political as well as
economic authorities. In this case, free market economy can be a good system. The current crisis
does not highlight the meaning of the termination of liberalism. Liberalization is entirely
engaged in the modern Western Societies. It removes the other theories of the society and
politics3. In current scenario of politics, nobody contests with the liberal principles. The United
States of America is affected mostly by the liberalism over twentieth century4. There are several
other ideologies and their supporters are forced to adopt the liberalism.
It helps make this century as globalized. It is totally reactive and feeding of the attempts
by conservatism in Western democracies. In current scenario, individual economies are rapidly
changing. It is treated as the ideology of the human being. It is true that it is not culturally
specified to the Western part. It is very difficult from the Western culture. It can tell that it is
liberal from the freedom of speech and religious toleration. Liberalization is in the main part of
the Western part of the world. It is quite difficult for other parties to challenge them. There are
some radical elements which help to improve the popularity of this ideology. It helps to create
wealthy aristocratic families.
Rivalry of liberalism
3 Gronewold, Nicolaas. "Financial Liberalization or Financial Development? Tests Using Delphi-
Based Index Ofliberalization." International Journal of Banking and Finance 6, no. 1 (2020):
95-115.
4 HAHN, Chin Hee, and Ju Hyun PYUN. "Does Home (Output) Import Tariff Reduction
Increase Home Exports? Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Plant–Product Data." (2020).

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There are two rivalry of liberalism. These are communism and nationalism.
Nationalism
Nationalism is very important for the politics of every country. The nationalism decries
themselves as globalist in the international institutions. They have the capability to attract the
followers of liberalism. They promise to put nationalism rather than liberalism. After the Second
World War, nationalism became very popular in United States so that they could achieve the
international co-operation having a huge demand5. Their general intention is to build a
democratic country. They are not necessarily advocates the free trade as well as economic
liberalization. Sometimes, it helps to establish the co-operation between the government and any
other national industry. It motivates to establish the potential custom unions as well as subsides
for infant industry.
It helps to provide the equity and freedom of the common people of a country. It also
helps to improve the cultural traditions6. It helps to provide political reforms as well as
revolution. It helps to provide political independence to a country. It also helps to change the
international scene. It helps to adopt many political ideologies in various degrees as well as
contexts. It helps to provide the self-determination and freedom for pursuing. It also helps to
provide the prejudice loyalties to the common people. It can be manipulated with the help of
irredentism. It helps to provide the shape as well as reshape by the political map. Many values of
5 Obulesu, K., and Gonavath Ramanji Naik. "A STUDY INTO THE INFLUENCE OF
CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT
INVESTMENT ON INDIAN ECONOMY WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE POST-
ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION PERIOD."
6 Ofori, Felix Nana Kofi. "The impact of trade liberalisation on access to water and medicines in
Ghana." PhD diss., 2020.

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the liberalism is treated as the liberal. It is detected by a particular political party. It provides
some dominant political force and it is applicable to all freeborn Englishman. The Glorious
revolution is the main outcome of the liberalization.

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References
Bytheway, Simon James. "Economic Liberalisation and Its Socio-Economic Consequences in
India, 1966-1996: With Reference to the Japanese Experience of Liberalisation." Journal of
International Studies 7 (2020): 1-15.
Deb, Rajesh, Pralaya Kanungo, Vijaysekhar Reddy, and Anurag Joshi. "Block-3 Institutional
Framework." (2020).
Gronewold, Nicolaas. "Financial Liberalization or Financial Development? Tests Using Delphi-
Based Index Ofliberalization." International Journal of Banking and Finance 6, no. 1 (2020):
95-115.
HAHN, Chin Hee, and Ju Hyun PYUN. "Does Home (Output) Import Tariff Reduction Increase
Home Exports? Evidence from Korean Manufacturing Plant–Product Data." (2020).
Obulesu, K., and Gonavath Ramanji Naik. "A STUDY INTO THE INFLUENCE OF
CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT
INVESTMENT ON INDIAN ECONOMY WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE POST-
ECONOMIC LIBERALISATION PERIOD."
Ofori, Felix Nana Kofi. "The impact of trade liberalisation on access to water and medicines in
Ghana." PhD diss., 2020.