Ideologies of parties

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This is an overview of the ideologies of parties. Many political parties base their political action and programme on an ideology. In social studies, a political ideology is a certain ethical, set of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that explain how society should work, and offer some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. A political ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used. It can be a construct of political thought, often defining political parties and their policy. The popularity of an ideology is in part due to the influence of moral entrepreneurs, who sometimes act in their own interests.

Political ideologies have two dimensions:

  1. How society should work (or be arranged).
  2. The rules (blueprint) most appropriate to achieving the ideal arrangement.
More information about political ideologies can be found in the article on ideology.

The following list attempts to divide the ideologies found in practical political life into a number of groups; each group contains ideologies that have a certain theme or idea in common. Note that one ideology can belong to several groups, and there is sometimes considerable overlap between related ideologies. Also, keep in mind that the meaning of a political label can differ per country and that parties often subscribe to a combination of ideologies.

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Ideologies emphasizing ethnicity or nationality

Ideologies emphasizing class struggle

Ideologies emphasizing the individual

Ideologies emphazing the collectivity

Ideologies emphasizing territory

Ideologies based on religion

Conservatism

Other ideologies

One-issue themes

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