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Political Party |
An association of people who share common political beliefs and aspirations. Parties normally seek to gain political power or share power in order for their aims and beliefs |
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Left/Right |
A commonly used way of describing political tendencies. Left wing normally refers to ideas associated with socialism or social democracy, while right wing normally refers to conservative ideas |
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Liberalism |
A state of political mind or political movement that places freedom, rights, and tolerance high on its scale of values |
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Conservatism |
A state of mind and political movement that is naturally averse to excessive change and reform. It is sceptical about strongly held political views, prefers the known to the unknown and generally supports the retention of traditional institutions and values |
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Socialism |
A state of mind and a political movement that places such values as equality of opportunity, social justice, and collectivism high on its scale of values. It is either opposed to free market capitalism or proposes measures to moderate the undesirable effects of capitalism |
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Consensus Politics |
A circumstance where two or more major political parties broadly agree on most basic policies. In other words a period where there are few or no major political conflicts. It may also refer to a single issue where different parties agree to support the same policies. This implies a lack of strong ideology in politics |
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Adversary Politics |
This is a circumstance where political parties are engaged in considerable conflict over political issues. This also implies there are strong ideological conflicts in politics |
