Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Left–right political spectrum

Index Left–right political spectrum

The left–right political spectrum is a system of classifying political positions, ideologies and parties. [1]

141 relations: Absolute monarchy, American Left, Anarchism, Ancien Régime, Anti-clericalism, Aristocracy, Authoritarianism, Authority, Émile Chartier, Bob Altemeyer, Bourbon Restoration, Business, Capitalism, Cato Institute, Centre-left politics, Centre-right politics, Centrism, Christian democracy, Civic nationalism, Civil libertarianism, Class discrimination, Collectivism, Commerce, Communism, Conservatism, Conservatism in the United States, Coup d'état, CQ Press, Cultural conservatism, David Boaz, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic socialism, Duty, Eco-socialism, Egalitarianism, Executive (government), Far-left politics, Far-right politics, Fascism, Feminism, Fraternity (philosophy), Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, French Revolution, French Third Republic, Fundamental rights, Girondins, Globalism, Green politics, Hans-Georg Betz, ..., Hierarchy, Ideology, Imperialism, Individualism, Industry, International Economic Association, Internationalism (politics), John Rawls, Klaus von Beyme, Labor rights, Law and order (politics), Left-libertarianism, Left-wing politics, Left-wing populism, Legislature, Liberal, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Liberty, Means of production, Middle class, Minority group, Moderate, Modern liberalism in the United States, Monarchism, Multiculturalism, National Assembly (French Revolution), National Convention, National Legislative Assembly (France), Nationalism, Neoconservatism, Nolan Chart, Norberto Bobbio, October Revolution, Open–closed political spectrum, Opposition to immigration, Oppression, Palgrave Macmillan, Political party, Political spectrum, Populism, Pragmatism, Private property, Progressivism, Protectionism, Racial equality, Reactionary, Reason, Red flag (politics), Redistribution of income and wealth, Reform, Reform movement, Regionalism (politics), Regulation, Republicanism, Revolutions of 1848, Right-libertarianism, Right-wing authoritarianism, Right-wing politics, Right-wing populism, Rights, Robert Morrison MacIver, Robert Paxton, Robyn Eckersley, SAGE Publications, Secularism, Separation of church and state, Seymour Martin Lipset, Sinistrisme, Social change, Social democracy, Social justice, Social liberalism, Social policy, Social progress, Socialism, Sovereignty, Spanish Civil War, Stein Rokkan, SUNY Press, The Mountain (1849), Thermidorian Reaction, Tony Blair, Trade union, Tradition, Traditionalist conservatism, Ultra-royalist, Workers' control, Working class, World War I, World War II. Expand index (91 more) »

Absolute monarchy

Absolute monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Absolute monarchy · See more »

American Left

The American Left has consisted of a broad range of individuals and groups that have sought fundamental egalitarian changes in the economic, political, and cultural institutions of the United States.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and American Left · See more »

Anarchism

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Anarchism · See more »

Ancien Régime

The Ancien Régime (French for "old regime") was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France from the Late Middle Ages (circa 15th century) until 1789, when hereditary monarchy and the feudal system of French nobility were abolished by the.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Ancien Régime · See more »

Anti-clericalism

Anti-clericalism is opposition to religious authority, typically in social or political matters.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Anti-clericalism · See more »

Aristocracy

Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos "excellent", and κράτος kratos "power") is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Aristocracy · See more »

Authoritarianism

Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Authoritarianism · See more »

Authority

Authority derives from the Latin word and is a concept used to indicate the foundational right to exercise power, which can be formalized by the State and exercised by way of judges, monarchs, rulers, police officers or other appointed executives of government, or the ecclesiastical or priestly appointed representatives of a higher spiritual power (God or other deities).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Authority · See more »

Émile Chartier

Émile-Auguste Chartier (3 March 1868 – 2 June 1951), commonly known as Alain, was a French philosopher, journalist, and pacifist.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Émile Chartier · See more »

Bob Altemeyer

Robert Anthony "Bob" Altemeyer (born 6 June 1940) is a retired Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Bob Altemeyer · See more »

Bourbon Restoration

The Bourbon Restoration was the period of French history following the fall of Napoleon in 1814 until the July Revolution of 1830.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Bourbon Restoration · See more »

Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Business · See more »

Capitalism

Capitalism is an economic system based upon private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Capitalism · See more »

Cato Institute

The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Cato Institute · See more »

Centre-left politics

Centre-left politics or center-left politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-left politics, is an adherence to views leaning to the left-wing, but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other left-wing variants.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Centre-left politics · See more »

Centre-right politics

Centre-right politics or center-right politics (American English), also referred to as moderate-right politics, are politics that lean to the right of the left–right political spectrum, but are closer to the centre than other right-wing variants.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Centre-right politics · See more »

Centrism

In politics, centrism—the centre (British English/Canadian English/Australian English) or the center (American English/Philippine English)—is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy, while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Centrism · See more »

Christian democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology that emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching, as well as Neo-Calvinism.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Christian democracy · See more »

Civic nationalism

Civic nationalism, also known as liberal nationalism, is a form of nationalism identified by political philosophers who believe in an inclusive form of nationalism that adheres with traditional liberal values of freedom, tolerance, equality, and individual rights.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Civic nationalism · See more »

Civil libertarianism

Civil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports civil liberties, or which emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over and against any kind of authority (such as a state, a corporation, social norms imposed through peer pressure and so on).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Civil libertarianism · See more »

Class discrimination

Class discrimination, also known as classism, is prejudice or discrimination on the basis of social class.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Class discrimination · See more »

Collectivism

Collectivism is a cultural value that is characterized by emphasis on cohesiveness among individuals and prioritization of the group over self.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Collectivism · See more »

Commerce

Commerce relates to "the exchange of goods and services, especially on a large scale.” Commerce includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural and technological systems that operate in any country or internationally.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Commerce · See more »

Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Communism · See more »

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Conservatism · See more »

Conservatism in the United States

American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States that is characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values, moral absolutism, free markets and free trade, anti-communism, individualism, advocacy of American exceptionalism, and a defense of Western culture from the perceived threats posed by socialism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Conservatism in the United States · See more »

Coup d'état

A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Coup d'état · See more »

CQ Press

CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publications, publishes books, directories, periodicals, and electronic products on American government and politics, with an expanding list in international affairs and journalism and mass communication.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and CQ Press · See more »

Cultural conservatism

Cultural conservatism is described as the preservation of the heritage of one nation, or of a shared culture that is not defined by national boundaries.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Cultural conservatism · See more »

David Boaz

David Boaz (born August 29, 1953, Mayfield, Kentucky) is the executive vice president of the Cato Institute, an American libertarian think tank.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and David Boaz · See more »

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Democratic Party (United States) · See more »

Democratic socialism

Democratic socialism is a political philosophy that advocates political democracy alongside social ownership of the means of production with an emphasis on self-management and/or democratic management of economic institutions within a market socialist, participatory or decentralized planned economy.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Democratic socialism · See more »

Duty

A duty (from "due" meaning "that which is owing"; deu, did, past participle of devoir; debere, debitum, whence "debt") is a commitment or expectation to perform some action in general or if certain circumstances arise.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Duty · See more »

Eco-socialism

Eco-socialism, green socialism or socialist ecology is an ideology merging aspects of socialism with that of green politics, ecology and alter-globalization or anti-globalization.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Eco-socialism · See more »

Egalitarianism

Egalitarianism – or equalitarianism – is a school of thought that prioritizes equality for all people.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Egalitarianism · See more »

Executive (government)

The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Executive (government) · See more »

Far-left politics

Far-left politics are political views located further on the left of the left-right spectrum than the standard political left.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Far-left politics · See more »

Far-right politics

Far-right politics are politics further on the right of the left-right spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of more extreme nationalist, and nativist ideologies, as well as authoritarian tendencies.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Far-right politics · See more »

Fascism

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and control of industry and commerce, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Fascism · See more »

Feminism

Feminism is a range of political movements, ideologies, and social movements that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve political, economic, personal, and social equality of sexes.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Feminism · See more »

Fraternity (philosophy)

In philosophy, fraternity is a kind of ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Fraternity (philosophy) · See more »

Freedom of religion

Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance without government influence or intervention.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Freedom of religion · See more »

Freedom of speech

Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or sanction.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Freedom of speech · See more »

French Revolution

The French Revolution (Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France and its colonies that lasted from 1789 until 1799.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and French Revolution · See more »

French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (La Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 1870 when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War until 1940 when France's defeat by Nazi Germany in World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government in France.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and French Third Republic · See more »

Fundamental rights

Some universally recognized rights that are seen as fundamental, i.e., contained in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, or the U.N. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, include the following.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Fundamental rights · See more »

Girondins

The Girondins, Girondists or Gironde were members of a loosely knit political faction during the French Revolution.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Girondins · See more »

Globalism

Globalism is a group of ideologies that advocate the concept of globalization.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Globalism · See more »

Green politics

Green politics (also known as ecopolitics) is a political ideology that aims to create an ecologically sustainable society rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Green politics · See more »

Hans-Georg Betz

Hans-Georg Betz is an academic at the University of Zurich.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Hans-Georg Betz · See more »

Hierarchy

A hierarchy (from the Greek hierarchia, "rule of a high priest", from hierarkhes, "leader of sacred rites") is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Hierarchy · See more »

Ideology

An Ideology is a collection of normative beliefs and values that an individual or group holds for other than purely epistemic reasons.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Ideology · See more »

Imperialism

Imperialism is a policy that involves a nation extending its power by the acquisition of lands by purchase, diplomacy or military force.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Imperialism · See more »

Individualism

Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the moral worth of the individual.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Individualism · See more »

Industry

Industry is the production of goods or related services within an economy.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Industry · See more »

International Economic Association

The International Economic Association (IEA) is a Non-Governmental Organization that was founded in 1950, at the instigation of the Social Sciences Department of UNESCO.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and International Economic Association · See more »

Internationalism (politics)

Internationalism is a political principle which transcends nationalism and advocates a greater political or economic cooperation among nations and people.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Internationalism (politics) · See more »

John Rawls

John Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American moral and political philosopher in the liberal tradition.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and John Rawls · See more »

Klaus von Beyme

Klaus Gustav Heinrich von Beyme (born July 3, 1934 in Saarau, Germany) is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Klaus von Beyme · See more »

Labor rights

Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Labor rights · See more »

Law and order (politics)

In politics, law and order (also known as tough on crime and the War on Crime) refers to demands for a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent and property crime, through stricter criminal penalties.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Law and order (politics) · See more »

Left-libertarianism

Left-libertarianism (or left-wing libertarianism) names several related, but distinct approaches to political and social theory which stress both individual freedom and social equality.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Left-libertarianism · See more »

Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Left-wing politics · See more »

Left-wing populism

Left-wing populism is a political ideology which combines left-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Left-wing populism · See more »

Legislature

A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Legislature · See more »

Liberal

Liberal may refer to.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Liberal · See more »

Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on liberty and equality.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Liberalism · See more »

Libertarianism

Libertarianism (from libertas, meaning "freedom") is a collection of political philosophies and movements that uphold liberty as a core principle.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Libertarianism · See more »

Liberty

Liberty, in politics, consists of the social, political, and economic freedoms to which all community members are entitled.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Liberty · See more »

Means of production

In economics and sociology, the means of production (also called capital goods) are physical non-human and non-financial inputs used in the production of economic value.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Means of production · See more »

Middle class

The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Middle class · See more »

Minority group

A minority group refers to a category of people differentiated from the social majority, those who hold on to major positions of social power in a society.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Minority group · See more »

Moderate

Moderate is a general term for people who fall in the center category of the left–right political spectrum.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Moderate · See more »

Modern liberalism in the United States

Modern American liberalism is the dominant version of liberalism in the United States.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Modern liberalism in the United States · See more »

Monarchism

Monarchism is the advocacy of a monarch or monarchical rule.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Monarchism · See more »

Multiculturalism

Multiculturalism is a term with a range of meanings in the contexts of sociology, political philosophy, and in colloquial use.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Multiculturalism · See more »

National Assembly (French Revolution)

During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (Assemblée nationale), which existed from 13 June 1789 to 9 July 1789, was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General; thereafter (until replaced by the Legislative Assembly on 30 Sept 1791) it was known as the National Constituent Assembly (Assemblée nationale constituante), though popularly the shorter form persisted.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and National Assembly (French Revolution) · See more »

National Convention

The National Convention (Convention nationale) was the first government of the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and National Convention · See more »

National Legislative Assembly (France)

The Legislative Assembly (Assemblée législative) was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and National Legislative Assembly (France) · See more »

Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Nationalism · See more »

Neoconservatism

Neoconservatism (commonly shortened to neocon when labelling its adherents) is a political movement born in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party, and the growing New Left and counterculture, in particular the Vietnam protests.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Neoconservatism · See more »

Nolan Chart

The Nolan Chart is a political spectrum diagram created by David Nolan in 1969.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Nolan Chart · See more »

Norberto Bobbio

Norberto Bobbio (18 October 1909 – 9 January 2004) was an Italian philosopher of law and political sciences and a historian of political thought.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Norberto Bobbio · See more »

October Revolution

The October Revolution (p), officially known in Soviet literature as the Great October Socialist Revolution (Вели́кая Октя́брьская социалисти́ческая револю́ция), and commonly referred to as Red October, the October Uprising, the Bolshevik Revolution, or the Bolshevik Coup, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolsheviks and Vladimir Lenin that was instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and October Revolution · See more »

Open–closed political spectrum

The open–closed political spectrum is an alternative to the standard left–right system, especially used to describe the cleavage in political systems in Europe and North America in the 21st century.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Open–closed political spectrum · See more »

Opposition to immigration

Opposition to immigration exists in most states with immigration, and has become a significant political issue in many countries.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Opposition to immigration · See more »

Oppression

Oppression can refer to an authoritarian regime controlling its citizens via state control of politics, the monetary system, media, and the military; denying people any meaningful human or civil rights; and terrorizing the populace through harsh, unjust punishment, and a hidden network of obsequious informants reporting to a vicious secret police force.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Oppression · See more »

Palgrave Macmillan

Palgrave Macmillan is an international academic and trade publishing company.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Palgrave Macmillan · See more »

Political party

A political party is an organised group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in government.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Political party · See more »

Political spectrum

A political spectrum is a system of classifying different political positions upon one or more geometric axes that symbolize independent political dimensions.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Political spectrum · See more »

Populism

In politics, populism refers to a range of approaches which emphasise the role of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against "the elite".

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Populism · See more »

Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that began in the United States around 1870.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Pragmatism · See more »

Private property

Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Private property · See more »

Progressivism

Progressivism is the support for or advocacy of improvement of society by reform.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Progressivism · See more »

Protectionism

Protectionism is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Protectionism · See more »

Racial equality

Racial equality occurs when institutions give equal opportunity to people of all races.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Racial equality · See more »

Reactionary

A reactionary is a person who holds political views that favor a return to the status quo ante, the previous political state of society, which they believe possessed characteristics (discipline, respect for authority, etc.) that are negatively absent from the contemporary status quo of a society.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Reactionary · See more »

Reason

Reason is the capacity for consciously making sense of things, establishing and verifying facts, applying logic, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Reason · See more »

Red flag (politics)

In politics, a red flag is predominantly a symbol of socialism, communism, Marxism, and left-wing politics; it has been associated with left-wing politics since the French Revolution (1789–99).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Red flag (politics) · See more »

Redistribution of income and wealth

Redistribution of income and redistribution of wealth are respectively the transfer of income and of wealth (including physical property) from some individuals to others by means of a social mechanism such as taxation, charity, welfare, public services, land reform, monetary policies, confiscation, divorce or tort law.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Redistribution of income and wealth · See more »

Reform

Reform (reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Reform · See more »

Reform movement

A reform movement is a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or political system closer to the community's ideal.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Reform movement · See more »

Regionalism (politics)

In politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the national or normative interests of a particular region, group of regions or another subnational entity.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Regionalism (politics) · See more »

Regulation

Regulation is an abstract concept of management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Regulation · See more »

Republicanism

Republicanism is an ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Republicanism · See more »

Revolutions of 1848

The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations, People's Spring, Springtime of the Peoples, or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Revolutions of 1848 · See more »

Right-libertarianism

Right-libertarianism (or right-wing libertarianism) refers to libertarian political philosophies that advocate negative rights, natural law and a major reversal of the modern welfare state.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Right-libertarianism · See more »

Right-wing authoritarianism

Right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) is a personality and ideological variable studied in political, social and personality psychology.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Right-wing authoritarianism · See more »

Right-wing politics

Right-wing politics hold that certain social orders and hierarchies are inevitable, natural, normal or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics or tradition.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Right-wing politics · See more »

Right-wing populism

Right-wing populism is a political ideology which combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Right-wing populism · See more »

Rights

Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Rights · See more »

Robert Morrison MacIver

Robert Morrison MacIver (April 17, 1882 – June 15, 1970) was a sociologist.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Robert Morrison MacIver · See more »

Robert Paxton

Robert Owen Paxton (born 1932) is an American political scientist and historian specializing in Vichy France, fascism, and Europe during the World War II era.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Robert Paxton · See more »

Robyn Eckersley

Robyn Eckersley (born 1958) is a Professor and Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Robyn Eckersley · See more »

SAGE Publications

SAGE Publishing is an independent publishing company founded in 1965 in New York by Sara Miller McCune and now based in California.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and SAGE Publications · See more »

Secularism

Secularism is the principle of the separation of government institutions and persons mandated to represent the state from religious institution and religious dignitaries (the attainment of such is termed secularity).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Secularism · See more »

Separation of church and state

The separation of church and state is a philosophic and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the nation state.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Separation of church and state · See more »

Seymour Martin Lipset

Seymour Martin Lipset (March 18, 1922 – December 31, 2006) was an American sociologist.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Seymour Martin Lipset · See more »

Sinistrisme

Sinistrisme is a neologism invented by Albert Thibaudet in Les idées politiques de la France (1932).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Sinistrisme · See more »

Social change

Social change is an alteration in the social order of a society.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Social change · See more »

Social democracy

Social democracy is a political, social and economic ideology that supports economic and social interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a liberal democratic polity and capitalist economy.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Social democracy · See more »

Social justice

Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Social justice · See more »

Social liberalism

Social liberalism (also known as modern liberalism or egalitarian liberalism) is a political ideology and a variety of liberalism that endorses a market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights while also believing that the legitimate role of the government includes addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care and education.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Social liberalism · See more »

Social policy

Social policy is a term which is applied to various areas of policy, usually within a governmental or political setting (such as the welfare state and study of social services).

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Social policy · See more »

Social progress

Social progress is the idea that societies can or do improve in terms of their social, political, and economic structures.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Social progress · See more »

Socialism

Socialism is a range of economic and social systems characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political theories and movements associated with them.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Socialism · See more »

Sovereignty

Sovereignty is the full right and power of a governing body over itself, without any interference from outside sources or bodies.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Sovereignty · See more »

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española),Also known as The Crusade (La Cruzada) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War (Cuarta Guerra Carlista) among Carlists, and The Rebellion (La Rebelión) or Uprising (Sublevación) among Republicans.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Spanish Civil War · See more »

Stein Rokkan

Stein Rokkan (July 4, 1921 – July 22, 1979) was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Stein Rokkan · See more »

SUNY Press

The State University of New York Press (or SUNY Press), is a university press and a Center for Scholarly Communication.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and SUNY Press · See more »

The Mountain (1849)

The Mountain (La Montagne), with its members collectively called Democratic Socialists (Démocrate-socialistes), was a political group of the Second French Republic.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and The Mountain (1849) · See more »

Thermidorian Reaction

On 9 Thermidor Year II (27 July 1794), the French politician Maximilien Robespierre was denounced by members of the National Convention as "a tyrant", leading to Robespierre and twenty-one associates including Louis Antoine de Saint-Just being arrested that night and beheaded on the following day.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Thermidorian Reaction · See more »

Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Tony Blair · See more »

Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Trade union · See more »

Tradition

A tradition is a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Tradition · See more »

Traditionalist conservatism

Traditionalist conservatism, also known as classical conservatism and traditional conservatism, is a political philosophy emphasizing the need for the principles of a transcendent moral order, manifested through certain natural laws to which society ought to conform in a prudent manner.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Traditionalist conservatism · See more »

Ultra-royalist

An Ultra-royalist (Ultraroyaliste, collectively Ultras) was a French political label used from 1815 to 1830 under the Bourbon Restoration.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Ultra-royalist · See more »

Workers' control

Workers' control is participation in the management of factories and other commercial enterprises by the people who work there.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Workers' control · See more »

Working class

The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and Working class · See more »

World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and World War I · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Left–right political spectrum and World War II · See more »

Redirects here:

Left and right in politics, Left and right politics, Left and right wing, Left right politics, Left wing and right wing, Left-Right Politics, Left-Right political spectrum, Left-Right politics, Left-right dichotomy, Left-right distinction, Left-right division, Left-right political spectrum, Left-right politics, Left-right spectrum, Left/right politics, Left–right politics, Left–right spectrum, Liberal conservative politics, Linear political spectrum, Right and left in politics, Right wing-left wing, Right-left division, Right-left politics, Wingism.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left–right_political_spectrum

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »