Political party

Parties and directions

Political parties are often considered on a political spectrum. One typical spectrum has the Left associated with radical or progressive policies and the Right with conservative or traditional policies. Other analyses include other dimensions such as the political parties' acceptance of parliamentary democracy as opposed to authoritarian or totalitarian attitudes, and economic policies, the Left favoring social-democracy, socialism or communism, while the Right tends to favor laissez-faire economics or Fascism. Centrist parties often adopt a collection of policies that defy easy placing on the political spectrum.

Related Topics:
Political spectrum - Left - Radical - Progressive - Right - Conservative - Parliamentary - Democracy - Authoritarian - Totalitarian - Economic - Social-democracy - Socialism - Communism - Laissez-faire - Fascism - Centrist

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Many parties will have (formal or informal) factions within them that have differing views on policy direction.

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