POLITICAL PARTIES in Italy

FIRST REPUBLIC (1948-1994)

Christian Democracy

Italian Socialist Party

Italian Communist Party

Italian Social Movement

Italian Liberal Party

Italian Republican Party

Italian Democratic Socialist Party

Radical Party

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY15 December 1943 – 16 January 1994

IDEOLOGY:• Centrism• Christian democracy• Popularism with some

Christian leftist and conservative minorities

ITALIAN SOCIALIST PARTY14 August 1892 – 13 November 1994

IDEOLOGY:Before 1978• Socialism (Revolutionary

socialism, Democratic Socialism, Marxism)

After 1978• Social democracy• Social Liberalism• Third way• Centrism• Europeanism

ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY21 January 1921 – 3 January 1991

IDEOLOGY:• Communism

ITALIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT26 December 1946 – 27 January 1995

IDEOLOGY:• Neo-fascism• Post-fascism• Nationalism• Conservatism

ITALIAN LIBERAL PARTY8 October 1922 – 6 February 1994

IDEOLOGY:• Liberalism• Classical liberalism• Conservatism

ITALIAN REPUBLICAN PARTY12 April 1895

IDEOLOGY:Historical: • Left-wing• Centre-left• Republicanism (Italian “Risorgimento”)• Free enterprise

Current: • Centrism• Social liberalism

ITALIAN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST PARTY11 January 1947

IDEOLOGY:• Social democracy

RADICAL PARTY11 December 1955 – 1 January 1989

IDEOLOGY:• Radicalism• Social liberalism• Left-liberianism• Anti-clericalism

LINGUISTIC MAPOF ITALY

HISTORICALVOTING TRENDS IN ITALYLEFT-WING PARTIESRIGHT-WING PARTIES

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )CHRISTIAN

DEMOCRACY

UNION OF THE CENTREIDEOLOGY: LIBERAL DEMOCRACY, LIBERALISM CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC CENTREIDEOLOGY: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY

ITALIAN PEOPLE’S PARTYIDEOLOGY: CENTRISM, CHRISTIAN LEFT

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY

CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACYIDEOLOGY: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY, CENTRISM,

POPULARISM

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )CHRISTIAN

DEMOCRACYUNION OF CHRISTIAN AND CENTRE DEMOCRATS IDEOLOGY: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY

SOCIAL CONSERVATISMDEMOCRACY IS FREEDOM – THE DAISYIDEOLOGY: CENTRISM

CHRISTIAN LEFTSOCIAL LIBERALISMCHRISTIAN DEMOCRACYSOCIAL DEMOCRACY

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )

ITALIAN SOCIAL MOVEMENT

NATIONAL ALLIANCEIDEOLOGY: POST-FASCISM

NATIONAL CONSERVATISM

CONSERVATISMRIGHT-WING

POPULISM

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )ITALIAN COMMUNIST

PARTYDEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE LEFTIDEOLOGY: POST-COMMUNISM

SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM

DEMOCRATS OF THE LEFTIDEOLOGY: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )

ITALIAN SOCIALIST PARTY

DEMOCRATIC LEFTIDEOLOGY: DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM

GREEN POLITICS

ITALIAN SOCIALIST PARTYIDEOLOGY: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

LAICISMITALIAN DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTSIDEOLOGY: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

SOCIAL LIBERALISM

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )MAIN NEW

PARTIESFORZA ITALIA (“ONWARD, ITALY”)IDEOLOGY: LIBERAL CONSERVATISM

CHRSTIAN DEMOCRACY

LIBERALISMSOCIAL

DEMOCRATIC (MINORITY)

NORTH LEAGUEIDEOLOGY: FEDERALISM

REGIONALISMPOPULISM

SECOND REPUBLIC (1994〜 )

THIRD REPUBLIC

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