Eurocommunism
A 1970s Western European communist current that sought a national path to socialism through elections, party pluralism and civil liberties, independent of Moscow, with a mixed economy under democratic planning.
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In one sentence
I want to build socialism through elections and pluralism, with civil liberties, national autonomy and democratic economic planning.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Balanced
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Leaning · Liberty
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward democracy than 100% of the 257 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 60This ideology 97
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Trade
On Trade, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 62This ideology 60
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Enrico Berlinguer
As leader of the Italian Communist Party, Berlinguer advocated a democratic, pluralist path to socialism, distanced himself from the Soviet model, and proposed the Historic Compromise with Christian Democrats.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallySlavoj ŽižekPhilosopher97%
SociallyLeonel BrizolaPolitician97%
EconomicallySidney WebbFabian economist and politician100%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismBernie SandersPolitician97%
PoliticsJosé MujicaStatesman97%
PoliticsSalvador AllendeStatesman96%
EconomicsKarl PolanyiEconomist and economic historian96%
PoliticsZohran MamdaniMayor96%
EconomicsCelso FurtadoEconomist95%
PoliticsOlof PalmeStatesman95%
Political theoryCarlo RosselliThinker95%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Italy
Fragmented-industrial republicA Mediterranean parliamentary republic, Italy unites a long cultural heritage, a diversified market economy, and unstable, fragmented politics, with the recent rise of conservative and nationalist forces.
Other close countries
Scotland (United Kingdom)
Independentist social-democratic nationA constituent country of the United Kingdom, Scotland has its own parliament, a distinct national identity and language, a strong independence movement (2014 referendum), and social-democratic politics further left than England's.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region94%
SociallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism93%
EconomicallySenegalSovereigntist presidential republic97%
The most distant
Allende's Chile
1970–1973Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187191%
SociallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193992%
EconomicallyKádár's Hungary1956–198997%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Progressivism
Current that advocates social reforms and the expansion of rights to promote equality and justice, trusting progress, science, and collective action to transform institutions and overcome inequalities.
- Left
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System in which collectively or publicly owned enterprises compete in markets, uniting the efficiency of competition with the socialist distribution of profits, without the rigid central planning of state economies.
- Left
Environmentalism
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Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Republicanism
Political tradition that values popular sovereignty, civic virtue, and the rule of law, defending citizens' self-government, the separation of powers, and protection against tyranny and the corruption of power.
- Center
Civic Nationalism
Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
- Radical Left
Council Communism
An anti-Leninist Marxist current of Pannekoek, Gorter and Mattick, which holds that workers themselves should run production and power through workers' councils, rejecting the vanguard party, the state and parliamentarism.
The most distant ideology
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