Party families:Party families:

An introductionAn introduction

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Distinguishing partiesDistinguishing parties

Ideology or ideological family?Ideology or ideological family? Orientation or positionOrientation or position

Size? Size? % of the vote% of the vote Number of membersNumber of members Relative importance: major or minorRelative importance: major or minor

How they are organized?How they are organized?

Ideological families:Ideological families:

Left Right

Communist Socialist Christian Liberal ConservativeDemocratic

Ideologies and ideological Ideologies and ideological familiesfamilies

What difference does ideology make?What difference does ideology make?

Parties as Parties as carriers of ideologycarriers of ideology v. v. parties as bearers of parties as bearers of ideological ideological labelslabels

Why do parties in some political Why do parties in some political systems carry ideological labels while systems carry ideological labels while parties in others do not?parties in others do not?

Parties Parties in North Americain North America

Carriers of ideology or bearers of labels?Carriers of ideology or bearers of labels? Canada:Canada:

LiberalsLiberals CPCCPC

PCsPCs New DemocratsNew Democrats Bloc QuebecoisBloc Quebecois

The United States:The United States: DemocratsDemocrats RepublicansRepublicans

The European Experience:The European Experience:

Socialism, includingSocialism, including CommunismCommunism Socialism & Democratic SocialismSocialism & Democratic Socialism Social DemocracySocial Democracy

Christian DemocracyChristian Democracy LiberalismLiberalism ConservatismConservatism

The Party Spectrum TodayThe Party Spectrum Today

(ex-)Communists(ex-)Communists Greens, left-libertariansGreens, left-libertarians Social DemocracySocial Democracy Christian DemocracyChristian Democracy Liberalism (Radicalism)Liberalism (Radicalism) ConservatismConservatism The new rightThe new right

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