Interventionism

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Interventionism generally describes the inclination or willingness of a state to actively intervene with political or military measures in processes in a foreign area (e.g. abroad or in the private sector ) .

Foreign policy

In the field of foreign policy , it denotes a political direction to intervene politically or militarily in the interests of other states . Interventionism here contrasts with isolationism .

Economy

In economics interventionism is the principle in a market economy orderly economy existing tendency of the state to intervene in the economy, "intervene" to. It is primarily about measures that go beyond the design of the legal and economic framework conditions for economic activity ( regulatory policy ) and intervene in economic processes ( process policy ).

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On January 26, 2017, the British Prime Minister Theresa May declared in a speech to Republican congressmen in Philadelphia the British policy of meddling (intervention) in sovereign states (including Iraq , Libya , Egypt , Yemen , Ukraine ) in order to shape them according to their ideals completed. She joined the announced change of course in US foreign policy after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States in November 2016.

literature

  • Tobias Debiel, Franz Nuscheler: The new interventionism. Dietz, Bonn 1996
  • Walter Eucken: Principles of Economic Policy , Tübingen 6th edition 1990
  • Fritz Neumark, Heinz Haller: Theory and Practice of Financial Policy Interventionism. , Mohr, 1970

Web links

Wiktionary: Interventionism  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

References and comments

  1. FULL TEXT: Theresa May's speech to the Republican 'Congress of Tomorrow' conference . In: Business Insider Germany . ( businessinsider.de [accessed on February 5, 2017]).
  2. Heather Stewart Political editor: Theresa May opens Trump visit by attacking past foreign policy failures . In: The Guardian . January 26, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed February 5, 2017]).