This quiz tests European Political Ideologies You are a social liberal. Like all liberals, you believe in individual freedom as a central objective - but you believe that lack of economic opportunity, education, healthcare etc. can be just as damaging to liberty as can an oppressive state. As a result, social liberals are generally the most outspoken defenders of human rights and civil liberties, and combine this with support for a mixed economy, with an enabling state providing public services to ensure that people's social rights as well as their civil liberties are upheld. Politics Knowledge Quizzes, Trivia, IQ Tests
This Politics IQ Quiz is based upon the selector European Political Ideologies by Douglas Dowell. Test your knowledge of: You are a social liberal. Like all liberals, you believe in individual freedom as a central objective - but you believe that lack of economic opportunity, education, healthcare etc. can be just as damaging to liberty as can an oppressive state. As a result, social liberals are generally the most outspoken defenders of human rights and civil liberties, and combine this with support for a mixed economy, with an enabling state providing public services to ensure that people's social rights as well as their civil liberties are upheld.
Show what you know by answering true or false to the following. Answer ''false'' if neither applies or if you're not sure. Your score will be calculated on the next page.
Your first question is below.
The individual is a more important unit than the class, nation or any other group.
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Compromise is not desirable in itself - it is only acceptable as a "least bad" option.
True
False
Freedom is endangered by so-called "social" rights (e.g. the "right" to healthcare).
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False
The smaller the state, the freer the people.
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False
Absolute economic equality is a valid aim.
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False
"That government is best which governs not at all."
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False
Marriage between a man and a woman is, in principle, preferable to cohabitation of any kind.
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False
Representative democracy is the best system of government out of the alternatives we have.
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False
Globalisation is, overall, an undesirable phenomenon.
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False
A number of checks and balances between several different institutions is a desirable feature of government.
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False
Environmental conservation is absolutely central to our well-being, and is at least as important as economic issues.
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False
Economic growth is not necessarily a desirable phenomenon.
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False
Religion should be actively protected by government.
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False
It is wrong, a priori, for the private sector to be directly involved in the provision of public services.
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False
It is preferable, a priori, for the private sector to be directly involved in the provision of public services where possible.
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False
Individual rights do not come before individual responsibilities.
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False
Free trade is fair trade.
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"Deregulation" is just management speak for cutting back on workers' rights.
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False
Crime is not primarily a result of economic or social conditions or lack of education, and is best dealt with by retribution and/or deterrence.
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False
Political power should be exercised at the lowest effective level.
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False
Racial and gender equality should be promoted by government.
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False
The number of people entering developed countries should be curtailed.
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False
When change occurs, it should be gradual and should fit with existing conditions.
True
False
Third World Debt should be cancelled.
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False
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