Syncretic politics
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Syncretic politics, or spectral-syncretic politics, combine elements from across the conventional left–right political spectrum. The idea of syncretic politics has been influenced by syncretism and syncretic religion.[1] The main idea of syncretic politics is that taking political positions of neutrality by combining elements associated with left-wing politics and right-wing politics can achieve a goal of reconciliation.[2][3][4][5]
Historical examples
Spain
The
far right,[6] presented itself definitively as syncretic.[7] Falangism has attacked both the left and the right as its "enemies", declaring itself to be neither left nor right, but a Third Position.[8]
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the emergence of
United States
In the United States,
administration of President Bill Clinton.[11] Political scientist Stephen Skowronek introduced the term "Third Way" into the interpretation of American presidential politics.[12][13][14] Such Presidents undermine the opposition by borrowing policies from it in an effort to seize the middle and with it to achieve political dominance. This technique is known as triangulation and was used by Bill Clinton and other New Democrats who sought to move beyond the party's New Deal liberalism reputation in response to the political realignment of the 1980s. Through this strategy, Clinton adopted themes associated with the Republican Party, such as fiscal conservatism, welfare reform, deregulation and law and order policies. Famously, he declared in the 1996 State of the Union Address that "the era of big government is over".[15]
Other examples
- LMP – Hungary's Green Party,[16] Hungary
- PDP–Laban,[17]Philippines
- Crusade of Romanianism,[18] Romania (1934–1937)
- Social Democratic Party,[19] Romania
- National Bolshevik Party,[20] Russia (1993–2007)
- Social Democratic Party,[21] United Kingdom
- Minaret of Freedom Institute,[22] United States
- National Union for Social Justice,[23] United States (1934–1936)
See also
References
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However, what is often missed in many of these discussions is an awareness of the variety of ideologies of the third way that span the twentieth century and traverse the spectrum from left to right.
- ^ Rodney P. Carlisle (general editor). The Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right, Volume 2: The Right. Thousand Oaks, California, USA; London, England, UK; New Delhi, India: Sage Publications, 2005. Pp. 633.
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- ^ "Leader: Blair's new third way". the Guardian. 2005-05-08.
- ^ "BBC News — UK Politics — All aboard the Third Way". BBC News.
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- ^ Valelly, Rick (31 March 2003). "An Overlooked Theory on Presidential Politics". unm.edu. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Shea, Christopher (23 March 2003). "Regime change". boston.com. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Sanger, David E. (29 January 2010). "Where Clinton Turned Right, Obama Plowed Ahead". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ Zrt, HVG Kiadó (2014-01-15). "Elek István: Igen, a remény hal meg utoljára". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-07-01.
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- ^ Sunshine, Spencer (Winter 2008). "Rebranding Fascism: National-Anarchists".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Pragmatism is a winner for Romanian Left". POLITICO. 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- JSTOR 3220080.
- ^ "The Londoner: Centrists revive the ghost of SDP". Evening Standard. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- JSTOR 3186273.
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