Progressivism
Teddy Roosevelt's ethos
Progressivism refers specifically to the American reform movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which fought political corruption, monopolies, and poor working conditions.
The Progressive Era produced reforms like women's suffrage, food safety laws, and direct election of senators.
Progressivism transformed American politics between 1890 and 1920. (Lowercase progressivism is the general political philosophy.)
Direct effort for reform
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- unionismAdvocacy for worker collectives
- muckrakingInvestigative reporting on corruption
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
labor movement · prohibition · temperance · civil rights movement · feminism · environmentalism · social work · W.E.B. Du Bois
Against corporate market dominance
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- direct electionVoting without intermediaries
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
recall · city commission · city manager · primary election · food safety · child labor laws · women's suffrage
Depression-era reform agenda
- Great Society1960s federal reform initiative
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
- food safetyIllness prevention through handling
- labor lawsStatutes governing workplace conditions
activism
Direct effort for reform
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- unionismAdvocacy for worker collectives
- muckrakingInvestigative reporting on corruption
populism · labor movement · prohibition · temperance · civil rights movement · feminism · environmentalism · social work · W.E.B. Du Bois · Theodore Roosevelt
antitrust
Against corporate market dominance
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- direct electionVoting without intermediaries
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
referendum · recall · city commission · city manager · primary election · food safety · child labor laws · women's suffrage
New Deal
Depression-era reform agenda
- Great Society1960s federal reform initiative
- consumer protectionLaws defending purchasers' interests
- food safetyIllness prevention through handling
- RooseveltsTheodore Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt
Progressivismconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
traditionalism · reactionism · paleoconservatism · neoconservatism · Toryism
Progressivismreactionism
Opposition to social progress
conservatism · traditionalism · status quo · antiquarianism · revanchism
Progressivismlibertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
neoliberalism · supply-side economics · Austrian economics · deregulation · anarcho-capitalism