Liberalism focuses on the idea of freedom and equality to benefit all people. Absolutism concentrates all power and privilege into the hands of just a few or, more commonly, just the monarch.
What is the difference between realism and liberalism?
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Classical liberalism emphasizes limited government intervention in individuals' lives and the economy, prioritizing individual freedom and private property rights. Modern liberalism, also known as progressivism, supports government intervention to address social and economic inequalities, promoting social welfare programs and regulations to protect workers and consumers.
eastern absolutism had serfdom as its main form of income while western absolutism had the textile industry
The difference between liberalism and mercantilism is economics driving politics v.s. politics driving economics. The liberals view of economics and politics as discrete, and very different. Mercantilists grant primacy through politics within the exclusion of all else. That's the real difference--ideological, not economical.
Andrea Baumeister has written: 'Liberalism and the 'politics of difference'' -- subject(s): Feminism, Liberalism, Multiculturalism
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In western Europe absolutism was enforced as opposed to Eastern Europe where there was some form of absolutism but not to a full extent it was leaning more towards serfdom.
Enlightened absolutism was a form of absolute monarchy. It began to fail because of a struggle of ideals between the rulers and countries involved.
Constitutionalism sets checks and balances on Power, limits the exercise of executive powers, Guarantees the Rights and Freedoms of Citizens, and prohibits any Legislation not consistent with Constitutional Rights. Absolutism sets no limits on the exercise of Authoritarian Power, and provides no Constitutional Guarantees of Rights and Freedoms.
Absolutism is the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. Totalitarianism is absolute control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution
BENJAMIN ARDITI has written: 'POLITICS ON THE EDGES OF LIBERALISM: DIFFERENCE, POPULISM, REVOLUTION, AGITATION'