The center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) whose views stretch from the center to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral A think tank (also called a policy institute) is an organization institute corporation or group that conducts Research and engages in advocacy in areas such In Politics, centrism usually refers to the political ideal of promoting Moderate policies which land in the middle ground between different political extremes In Politics, right-wing, the political right, and the Right are positions that uphold traditional values and/or authorities Left-right politics or the Left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions political ideologies, or political parties Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group Center-right can also describe a coalition of centrist and right-wing parties. A coalition is an alliance among individuals during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own Self-interest. Many political parties of the centre-right are known to have various factions and members who advocate right-wing policies.
Ideological definition of the centre-right
A definition of the term "centre-right" is necessarily broad and approximate because political terms have varying meanings in different countries. Parties of the centre-right generally support liberal democracy, capitalism, the market economy, private property rights and the existence of the welfare state in some form. The term "liberal" in "liberal democracy" does not imply that the government of such a democracy must follow the political ideology of Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where A market economy is a realized Social system based on the Division of labour in which the prices of Goods and Services are determined in a Property is any physical or virtual entity that is owned by an individual This article refers specifically to the Welfare state of the United Kingdom. They generally oppose socialism, extreme secularism and the use of violence as a political tool. Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution Secularism is generally the assertion that governmental practices or institutions should exist separately from Religion or religious beliefs Violence is the exertion of force so as to injure or abuse The word is used broadly to describe the destructive action of natural phenomena like Storms and Earthquakes Such a definition generally includes political parties that base their ideology and policies upon Conservatism and economic liberalism. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Economic liberalism is the Economic component of Classical liberalism.
However, parties that subscribe to social liberalism are often associated with the centre-left. Social liberalism, also called new liberalism (as it was originally termed high liberalism radical liberalism, modern liberalism, or The centre-left (or center-left) is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals political parties or organizations (such as Think Centre-right parties often ground themselves in traditional values; as such, most predominantly Christian states possess a competitive centre-right Christian democratic party. The word tradition comes from the Latin traditionem acc of traditio which means "a giving up delivering up surrendering" and is used in a number of A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian (and often specifically Catholic) principles to public policy
The use of centre-right is sometimes expanded to include populist right-wing parties such as the Freedom Party of Austria, the Danish People's Party, and the Law and Justice (PiS) party in Poland. The Freedom Party of Austria ( Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ is a political party in Austria. The Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti is a social conservative, National conservative political party in Denmark. Law and Justice ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS is a Polish political party. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland While the Freedom Party and the Danish People's Party would generally be classified as right-wing, parties like Law and Justice are both populist and conservative, and so are sometimes classified centre-right.
Examples of centre-right parties
See also
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