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International Relations Ass 3

Traditional liberalism believes in progress, equality, and the goodness of humanity. It sees the state as crucial for promoting social equality. Neo-liberalism prioritizes individual freedom and private property rights, ranging from advocating for complete laissez-faire policies to a larger role for the state. Post-liberalism argues that states must cooperate for security, departing from classical liberal thought's focus on state sovereignty. The theories differ in their views of the state's role, with traditional liberalism seeing the strongest state role in promoting social equality and post-liberalism focusing more on international cooperation between states.

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Traditional liberalism believes in progress, equality, and the goodness of humanity. It sees the state as crucial for promoting social equality. Neo-liberalism prioritizes individual freedom and private property rights, ranging from advocating for complete laissez-faire policies to a larger role for the state. Post-liberalism argues that states must cooperate for security, departing from classical liberal thought's focus on state sovereignty. The theories differ in their views of the state's role, with traditional liberalism seeing the strongest state role in promoting social equality and post-liberalism focusing more on international cooperation between states.

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International Relations

Umer Qasim BBA 3 Section I

Assignment # 3

Q1) Discuss the way traditional liberalism, neo-liberalism and post-liberalism are different? To be able to actually tell, how the aforementioned theories differ from one another, I would like to briefly explain the three. By definition: Traditional Liberalism is defined as
a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties; specifically : such a philosophy that considers government as a crucial instrument for amelioration of social inequities (as those involving race, gender, or class) Neo-Liberalism is defined as

Neo-liberalism is commonly thought of as a political philosophy giving priority to individual freedom and the right to private property. It is not, however, the simple and homogeneous philosophy it might appear to be. It ranges over a wide expanse in regard to ethical foundations as well as to normative conclusions. At the one end of the line is anarcho -liberalism, arguing for a complete laissez-faire, and the abolishment of all government. At the other end is classical liberalism, demanding a government with functions exceeding those of the so-called nightwatchman state Post-Liberalism is defined as Etymologically speaking, you can guess that post-liberalism has to mean something that arises after liberalism. Post liberalism argues that states have to cooperate with one another for the sake of security. This is a very wide departure from classical liberal thought as it ends up becoming more about state sovereignty. Now that we have a brief understanding of traditional, neo and post liberalism we can start with the differences between them. Traditional liberalism is a philosophy that places great emphasis on human freedom, progress and equality between all men. It also believes in the goodness of the human race and believed that wars/conflicts should be avoided by men. State was considered to be a vital part in traditional liberalism, as it believed that state should be responsible for its citizens at most of the levels. State was considered to be a tool which would provide social equality to its citizens.

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