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34-933: Some variants do not include Luxembourg. In less common variants, the French Netherlands ( Nord-Pas-de-Calais ) are also involved in the merger as well as some border territories in Germany (e.g. East Friesland ). Some Pan-Netherlandic groups also want to include South Africa due to the relation of the Dutch to the Afrikaners and the Afrikaans language . The goal is to unite these territories into one multilingual state ( unitary , federal or confederal ). This differs from Greater Netherlandism which aims to unite all Dutch-speaking areas. The name of this state differs per organization, some commonly used names are

68-456: A movement away from barbarism toward civilization . 18th-century philosopher and political scientist Marquis de Condorcet predicted that political progress would involve the disappearance of slavery , the rise of literacy , the lessening of sex inequality , reform of prisons , which at the time were harsh, and the decline of poverty. Modernity or modernisation was a key form of the idea of progress as promoted by classical liberals in

102-467: A need for measures to address these problems. Progressivism has influenced various political movements. Social liberalism was influenced by British liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill 's conception of people being "progressive beings." British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli developed progressive conservatism under one-nation Toryism . In France, the space between social revolution and

136-402: A range of diverse political pressure groups , not always united, progressives rejected social Darwinism , believing that the problems society faced, such as class warfare , greed , poverty , racism and violence , could best be addressed by providing good education, a safe environment, and an efficient workplace. Progressives lived mainly in the cities, were college educated, and believed in

170-687: A strong central government. President Theodore Roosevelt of the Republican Party and later the Progressive Party declared that he "always believed that wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand." President Woodrow Wilson was also a member of the American progressive movement within the Democratic Party . Progressive stances have evolved. Imperialism was a controversial issue within progressivism in

204-487: Is classified as a (cultural or social) progressive party, but it calls itself "economically centrist and socially liberal". Economic progressivism —also New Progressive Economics —is a term used to distinguish it from progressivism in cultural fields. Economic progressives may draw from a variety of economic traditions, including democratic capitalism , democratic socialism , social democracy , and social liberalism . Overall, economic progressives' views are rooted in

238-715: The Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new empirical knowledge . In modern political discourse, progressivism is often associated with social liberalism , a left-leaning type of liberalism, and social democracy . Within economic progressivism , there is some ideological variety on the social liberal to social democrat continuum, as well as occasionally some variance on cultural issues; examples of this include some Christian democrat and conservative-leaning communitarian movements. While many ideologies can fall under

272-715: The Benelux Union , which could possibly also lead to a Pan-Netherlandic polity, often as a precursor to European integration , a kind of "Benelux federalism ". On February 25, 2013, during the Provincial Reorganization talks of the Rutte II cabinet, such a proposal was made by one Mr. Stevense to the States of South Holland . This was also discussed later at the councils meeting. Nord-Pas-de-Calais Too Many Requests If you report this error to

306-598: The Eighty Years' War the Netherlandic rebels sought to liberate all regions (see Union of Brussels ) but were unsuccessfull. This ideal to "free" additional parts of the Low Countries was prominent in the region until the late 17th century. In 1790, the prime minister of the short-lived United Belgian States (which roughly encompassed present-day Belgium) Henri van der Noot proposed to reunite with

340-867: The Social Gospel emerged in North America that focused on challenging economic exploitation and poverty and, by the mid-1890s, was common in many Protestant theological seminaries in the United States. Early 20th-century progressivism included support for American engagement in World War I and the creation of and participation in the League of Nations , compulsory sterilisation in Scandinavia, and eugenics in Great Britain, and

374-783: The Verbond der Lage Landen . Between 1934 and 1940, Joris van Severen 's Fascist Verdinaso was the piggest ropagandist of the Pan-Netherlands ideal. (Right-wing) Pan-Netherlandic circles often represent themselves with the Prince's Flag or the Burgundian Cross . After the Second World War Pan-Netherlands became somewhat of a taboo subject due to its connection to fascism. Nonetheless, Pan-Netherlandic historians held an important position in

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408-543: The founders of the American Republic , whereby the authority of government depends on observing limitations on its just powers. What began as a social movement in the 1890s grew into a popular political movement referred to as the Progressive era ; in the 1912 United States presidential election , all three U.S. presidential candidates claimed to be progressives. While the term progressivism represents

442-610: The socialist movement of the time and as humane ways to assist in maintaining the Industrial Revolution . In 1891, the Roman Catholic Church encyclical Rerum novarum issued by Pope Leo XIII condemned the exploitation of labor and urged support for labor unions and government regulation of businesses in the interests of social justice while upholding the property right and criticising socialism. A progressive Protestant outlook called

476-535: The socially conservative laissez-faire centre-right was filled with the emergence of radicalism which thought that social progress required anti-clericalism , humanism , and republicanism . Especially anti-clericalism was the dominant influence on the centre-left in many French- and Romance-speaking countries until the mid-20th century. In Imperial Germany , Chancellor Otto von Bismarck enacted various progressive social welfare measures out of paternalistic conservative motivations to distance workers from

510-408: The temperance movement . Progressives believed that progress was stifled by economic inequality , inadequately regulated monopolistic corporations, and conflict between workers and elites, arguing that corrective measures were needed. In the United States, progressivism began as an intellectual rebellion against the political philosophy of Constitutionalism as expressed by John Locke and

544-487: The (united/reunited) Netherlands/Low Countries and mainly before 1945 the name Dietsland was also used. The ideology is often labeled as Pan-Netherlandism ( Heel-Nederlandisme ) or Pan-Netherlands thought ( Heel-Nederlandse gedachte ). The terms Burgundism ( Bourgondicisme ) or Burgundian Thought ( Bourgondische Gedachte ) are also used, referring to the Burgundian Circle in the 16th century which united

578-590: The 19th and 20th centuries, who called for the rapid modernisation of the economy and society to remove the traditional hindrances to free markets and the free movements of people. In the late 19th century, a political view rose in popularity in the Western world that progress was being stifled by vast economic inequality between the rich and the poor, minimally regulated laissez-faire capitalism with out-of-control monopolistic corporations , intense and often violent conflict between capitalists and workers, with

612-716: The Dutch. Partly because of this, the Low Countries were united by William I as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands , which in fact encompasses the territory that the Pan-Netherlands movement strives for. Additionally, King William even claimed the Rhineland for some time. This united kingdom ended in 1830, with the Belgian Revolution , but left behind an Orangist movement, which sought re-attachment to

646-422: The Low Countries. In the 20th century a movement grew that merely strives for far-reaching cooperation of the existing Benelux countries. This is often referred to as the "Benelux ideal" ( Beneluxgedachte ), which led to the creation of the similarly named Benelux Union . In Belgium, both Pan-Netherlandism , as well as Greater Netherlandism are sometimes labeled as " Orangism " but this can be confusing due to

680-756: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.226 via cp1108 cp1108, Varnish XID 219235646 Upstream caches: cp1108 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:42:28 GMT Progressivism Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform – primarily based on purported advancements in social organization , science , and technology . Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human societies everywhere. Progressivism arose during

714-558: The banner of progressivism, both the current and historical movement are characterized by a critique of unregulated capitalism, desiring a more active democratic government to take a role in safeguarding human rights , bringing about cultural development , and being a check-and-balance on corporate monopolies . There are differences in specific approaches between factions, including capitalist-leaning social liberals and social democrats versus some anti-capitalist democratic socialists . Immanuel Kant identified progress as being

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748-462: The concept of social justice and the common good , and aim to improve the human condition through government regulation , social protections and the maintenance of public goods . Some economic progressives may show centre-right views on cultural issues. These movements are related to communitarian conservative movements such as Christian democracy and one-nation conservatism . An early mention of techno-progressivism appeared in 1999 as

782-734: The creation of the Benelux Economic Union . Pieter Geyl , former advocate for Flemish-Dutch unification , became a Pan-Netherlandic historian and collaborated with several other Pan-Netherlandic historians on books describing one united history of the Low Countries (e.g. Nederlandsche Historiebladen and Algemene Geschiedenis der Nederlanden ). Examples of contemporary Pan-Netherlandic organisations are the; Algemeen-Nederlands Verbond , Baarle Werkgroep , Werkgemeenschap de Lage Landen , Zannekin , Knooppunt Delta and Die Roepstem . While no major political party supports

816-471: The democratic process. The unifying theme is to call attention to the negative impacts of current institutions or ways of doing things and to advocate for social progress , i.e., for positive change as defined by any of several standards such as the expansion of democracy , increased egalitarianism in the form of economic and social equality as well as improved well being of a population. Proponents of social democracy have identified themselves as promoting

850-511: The fact that in all Benelux states this term can also refer to the movement that strives for a restoration of power of the Royal House of Orange-Nassau in their region. After the disintegration of Middle Francia and Lotharingia in the late 10th century, the Low Countries largely existed within a single polity, as the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia . Starting in 1384, the region was united in

884-685: The form of a personal union under the Duchy of Burgundy as the Burgundian Netherlands . In 1482, the region came under the control of Spain as the Habsburg Netherlands , also referred to as the Seventeen Provinces after the centralisation of the polities through the Burgundian Circle . This history of relative unity in the Low Countries region ended with the Dutch Revolt . At the beginning of

918-621: The idea, several individual politicians do. Academic and member of Belgian party N-VA Matthias Storme argued for a Pan-Netherlands in 2010 in his "Plan-N", saying "Even for Wallonia, it would not be a bad idea to reflect about the possibility to join the Confederation, equally as a separate country.". Karel Anthonissen (ex-chairman of the Belgian Greens ) also supports this plan, perhaps including Luxembourg. Some more moderate groups and individuals argue for further integration of

952-561: The idea. In 1857, Belgium had Pan-Netherlandic organisations, such as the progressive liberal Vlamingen Vooruit , which eldmembers who proposed a Belgo-Dutch federation. The ideal also held an important role in early Socialism in the Benelux region and its Proletarian Internationalism . Before the First World War and during the interwar period, Belgium in particular also had a number of less relevant Pan-Netherlandic groups such as

986-441: The late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the United States, where some progressives supported American imperialism while others opposed it. In response to World War I , President Woodrow Wilson 's Fourteen Points established the concept of national self-determination and criticised imperialist competition and colonial injustices. Anti-imperialists supported these views in areas resisting imperial rule. During

1020-487: The north. The movement organized local committees and enjoyed limited success at the municipal level. In the 1860s, another union proposal was made from the Belgian side by the then Prime Minister , this time for a confederation, but this was rejected. During the early days of the Belgian state, the progressive and Flemish-minded Belgian- Walloon Lucien Jottrand as well as early Socialist, Cesar De Paepe put forward

1054-526: The period of acceptance of economic Keynesianism (the 1930s–1970s), there was widespread acceptance in many nations of a large role for state intervention in the economy. With the rise of neoliberalism and challenges to state interventionist policies in the 1970s and 1980s, centre-left progressive movements responded by adopting the Third Way , which emphasised a major role for the market economy . There have been social democrats who have called for

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1088-416: The progressive cause. Progressivism, in the general sense, mainly means social and cultural progressivism. The term cultural liberalism is used in a substantially similar context and can be said to be a synonym for cultural progressivism. Unlike progressives in a broader sense, some cultural progressives may be economically centrist , conservative , or politically libertarian . The Czech Pirate Party

1122-451: The removal of "all political, cultural, biological, and psychological limits to self-actualization and self-realization". According to techno-progressivism, scientific and technical aspects of progress are linked to ethical and social developments in society. Therefore, according to the majority of techno-progressive viewpoints, advancements in science and technology will not be considered proper progress until and unless they are accompanied by

1156-574: The social-democratic movement to move past Third Way. Prominent progressive conservative elements in the British Conservative Party have criticised neoliberalism. In the 21st century, progressives continue to favour public policy that they theorise will reduce or lessen the harmful effects of economic inequality as well as systemic discrimination such as institutional racism ; to advocate for social safety nets and workers' rights ; and to oppose corporate influence on

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