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Christian democratic parties are
political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying
Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of
Catholic social teaching and
Neo-Calvinist theology.
Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by
secularisation
In sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions. The ''secularization thesis'' expresses the ...
. In practice, Christian democracy is often considered
centre-right
Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...
on
cultural,
social
Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not.
Etymology
The word "social" derives from ...
and
moral issues, but
centre-left
Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...
"with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" as well as the environment, generally supporting a
social market economy
The social market economy (SOME; german: soziale Marktwirtschaft), also called Rhine capitalism, Rhine-Alpine capitalism, the Rhenish model, and social capitalism, is a socioeconomic model combining a free-market capitalist economic system alon ...
. Christian democracy can be seen as either conservative, centrist, or liberal / left of, right of, or center of the mainstream political parties depending on the social and political atmosphere of a given country and the positions held by individual Christian democratic parties. In Europe, where their opponents have traditionally been secularist socialists, Christian democratic parties are moderately
conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of Latin America they tend to
lean to the left. It is the dominant
centre-right
Centre-right politics lean to the right of the political spectrum, but are closer to the centre. From the 1780s to the 1880s, there was a shift in the Western world of social class structure and the economy, moving away from the nobility and ...
political movement in Europe, but by contrast, Christian democratic parties in Latin America tend to be left-leaning. Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including
conservatism
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilizati ...
,
liberalism
Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality and equality before the law."political rationalism, hostility to autocracy, cultural distaste for c ...
, and
social democracy
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...
. In the
United States
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, Christian democratic parties of Europe and Latin America, deemed conservative and liberal respectively in their geopolitical regions, are both generally regarded as
farther left-wing
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...
of the mainstream.
Alphabetical list by country
A
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Albanian Christian Democratic Movement
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Christian Democratic Party of Albania
The Christian Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Kristian Demokrate e Shqipërisë, PKD) is a small Christian-democratic political party in Albania.
History
The party was established on 26 March 2013.[Christian Democratic Party
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;
*
Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party
The Christian-Democratic Rebirth Party ( hy, Հայաստանի Քրիստոնեա Դեմոկրատական Շարժում, translit=''Hayastani K’ristonea Demokratakan Sharzhum''), also known as the Christian Democratic Movement of Armenia, is ...
*
Christian Democratic Union of Armenia
The Christian Democratic Union of Armenia (CDU) ( hy, Հայաստանի Քրիստոնեա-դեմոկրատական միություն, translit=Hayastani K’ristonea-demokratakan miut’yun (HKDM)) is a political party in Armenia.
Hist ...
*
National Christian Party
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;
*
Aruban People's Party
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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*
Democratic Labour Party
;
*
Austrian People's Party
B
;
*
Belarusian Christian Democracy
The Belarusian Christian Democracy ( be, Беларуская хрысьціянская дэмакратыя, Bielaruskaja chryścijanskaja demakratyja; russian: Белорусская христианская демократия, Belorusskaya ...
*
BPF Party
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;
*
Christian Democratic and Flemish
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*
Humanist Democratic Centre
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*
Christian Social Party
*
ProDG
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Citizens' Movement for Change
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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;
*
Croatian Democratic Union 1990
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*
Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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*
Croatian Christian Democrats
;
*
Brazilian Republican Party
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*
Christian Democracy
*
Christian Democracy Union of Brazil
*
Christian Labour Party
*
Democrats (Brazil)
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*
Social Christian Party
;
*
Union of Democratic Forces
*
Christ Democratic Party of Bulgaria
*
Reformist Bloc
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History
The coalition agreement to form the alliance was signed on 20 December 2013. The five parties that signe ...
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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C
;
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Christian Heritage Party of Canada
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;
*
Movement for Democracy
*União Caboverdeana Independente e Democratica (Cape Verdean Union for an Independent Democracy) – UCID
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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;
*
Christian National Party
*
Christians for Community
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At the last legislative elections
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*
Christian Social Democratic Party
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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*
Reform Party
*
Social Christian Unity Party
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PUSC considers itself a Christian-democratic party and, as such, is a member of the Christian Democrat Organization of Ameri ...
*
Social Christian Republican Party
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The Social Chri ...
*
Christian Democratic Alliance
;
*
Croatian Democratic Union
*
Croatian Peasant Party
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*
Croatian Christian Democratic Party
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It was formed in 2009 from three former Christian Democrat ...
;
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Christian Democratic Party of Cuba
*
Christian Liberation Movement
;
*
National People's Party
;
*
Democratic Rally
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;
*
Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party
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D
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Christian Democratic Party (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
*
Convention of Christian Democrats
*
Democratic Social Christian Party
*
*
Movement for the Liberation of the Congo
;
*
Christian Democrats
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;
*
Christian Democratic Union
*
Christian Democratic Party
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*
Social Christian Reformist Party
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E
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Christian Democratic Party
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*
Christian Democratic Union of Timor
;
*
Christian Democratic Party (Ecuador)
*
Social Christian Party
;
*
Christian Democratic Party (Egypt), a Coptic party in Egypt founded in the 1950s.
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...
;
*
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union
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It was founded on 4 June 2006 under the name of "Pro Patria and Res Publica Union", by the merger of two conservative parties, Pro Patria Union and Res Publi ...
*
Party of Estonian Christian Democrats
;
*
European Christian Political Movement
The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is the only European political party explicitly working on promoting Christian values. The party unites national parties and individuals from across Europe who share policies influenced by Chris ...
*
European People's Party
F
;
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Centre Party
;
*
Christian Democrats
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Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social ...
;
*
The Republicans
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Christian Democratic Party
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G
;
*
Christian-Democratic Movement
*
Alliance of Patriots of Georgia
;
*
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
*
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
The Christian Social Union in Bavaria (German: , CSU) is a Christian-democratic and conservative political party in Germany. Having a regionalist identity, the CSU operates only in Bavaria while its larger counterpart, the Christian Democratic ...
*
Centre Party
*
Family Party of Germany
* Alliance C – Christians for Germany
;
*
New Gibraltar Democracy
;
*
Christian Democratic Party of the Overthrow
*
New Democracy
New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a concept based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path that was decisively distinc ...
H
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Christian Democratic Party of Honduras
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Christian Democratic People's Party
I
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*
Christian Democratic Party Indonesia The Christian Democratic Party (''Partai Kristen Demokrat'', PKD), is a defunct Indonesian Christian Democratic political party founded in 2005. The party attempted to participate in the Indonesian 2009 election. The party managed to fulfill the ad ...
;
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Fine Gael
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*
Fianna Fáil
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;
*
Chaldean Democratic Party
;
*
Union of the Centre
*
Democratic Party
*
Popular Alternative
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*
Populars for Italy
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History
The party was launched ...
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South Tyrolean People's Party
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Founded on 8 May 1945, the SVP h ...
*
Forza Italia
*
Christian Democracy (Italy, 2004)
*
Christian Democracy (Italy, 2012)
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History
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K
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Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo
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L
;
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Fatherland Union
;
Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party*
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
*
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
;
*
Kataeb Party
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*
Lebanese Forces
;
*
Christian Social People's Party
M
;
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Nationalist Party
;
*
National Action Party
;
*
Christian-Democratic People's Party
N
;
*
Christian Democratic Appeal
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*
Christian Union
;
*
Social Christian Party
;
*
VMRO–DPMNE
*
VMRO – People's Party
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;
*
Christian People's Party
P
;
*
People's Party
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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;
*
Christian People's Party
*
Democratic Party "We are Peru"
;
*
Lakas–CMD
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(Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats)
*
Bangon Pilipinas Party
*
Centrist Democratic Party of the Philippines
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;
*
Agreement
*
Christian Democracy of the 3rd Polish Republic
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*
Civic Platform
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It ...
*
Law and Justice
*
Polish People's Party
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Its history traces back to 1895, when it held the name People's Party, although i ...
;
*
Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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R
;
*
Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party
*
National Liberal Party
*
Force of the Right
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*
People's Movement Party
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History
The PMP was created as a political founda ...
;
*
Christian Democratic Party of Russia
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It mainta ...
;
*
Christian Democratic Party
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S
;
*
Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party
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The PDCS is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP), having joined the ...
*
Union for the Republic
;
*
United Workers Party
;
*
Christian Democratic Front
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The party supported Fradiqu ...
;
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Christian Democratic Party of Serbia
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History
The party was founded in 1997 by Vladan Ba ...
*
Democratic Party of Serbia
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Initially known and formed as Democ ...
*
Serbian Progressive Party
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*
St. Maarten Christian Party
;
*
Christian Democratic Movement
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*
Alliance
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*
Slovak Conservative Party
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;
*
New Slovenia – Christian Democrats
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Slovenian People's Party
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;
*
African Christian Democratic Party
*
Christian Democratic Party
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*
United Christian Democratic Party
;
*
People's Party
*
Basque Nationalist Party
*
Democrats of Catalonia
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;
*
Christian Democrats
__NOTOC__
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;
*
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
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*
Christian Social Party of Obwalden
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History
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*
Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland
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*
The Centre (political party)
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U
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Batkivshchyna
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*
European Solidarity
;
*
Conservatives
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Christian Peoples Alliance
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[Freston, ''Protestant Political Parties'', 53.]
;
*
American Solidarity Party
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;
*
National Party
*
Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay
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History
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V
;
*
Project Venezuela
*
Political Electoral Independent Organization Committee (COPEI)
*
National Convergence
Other entities
* Global –
Centrist Democrat International
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headquartered in
Brussels
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* European Union –
European People's PartyCentrist Democratic regional in Europe; and the largest group in European Parliament
European Christian Political Movement
The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is the only European political party explicitly working on promoting Christian values. The party unites national parties and individuals from across Europe who share policies influenced by Chris ...
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Christian Democrat Organization of AmericaCentrist Democratic regional in the Americas, North and South
Related philosophies
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Catholic social teaching
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Communitarianism
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Distributism
Distributism is an economic theory asserting that the world's productive assets should be widely owned rather than concentrated.
Developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, distributism was based upon Catholic social teaching pri ...
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Neo-Calvinism
Neo-Calvinism, a form of Dutch Calvinism, is a theological movement initiated by the theologian and former Dutch prime minister Abraham Kuyper. James Bratt has identified a number of different types of Dutch Calvinism: The Seceders, split into ...
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Social conservatism
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Social market economy
The social market economy (SOME; german: soziale Marktwirtschaft), also called Rhine capitalism, Rhine-Alpine capitalism, the Rhenish model, and social capitalism, is a socioeconomic model combining a free-market capitalist economic system alon ...
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Political Catholicism
The Catholic Church and politics concerns the interplay of Catholicism with religious, and later secular, politics. Historically, the Church opposed liberal ideas such as democracy, freedom of speech, and the separation of church and state und ...
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Christian politics
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Christian Zionism
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Liberal Conservatism
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Abolitionism
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New World Order
Indices
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List of generic names of political parties
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List of political parties by country
This is a list of ruling political parties by country, in the form of a table with a link to an overview of political parties in each country and showing which party system is dominant in each country. A political party is a political organizat ...
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Christian left
The Christian left is a range of left-wing Christian political and social movements that largely embrace social justice principles and uphold a social doctrine or social gospel.
Given the inherent diversity in international political thoug ...
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Christian right
The Christian right, or the religious right, are Christian political factions characterized by their strong support of socially conservative and traditionalist policies. Christian conservatives seek to influence politics and public policy with ...
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Communitarianism
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References
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Christian democrat
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
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