12Axes
Radical Left

Agrarian Socialism

Current that builds socialism from the countryside, with a single party, collectivization into villages and cooperatives, food self-sufficiency and protection of land and forests, as in Nyerere's Ujamaa.

Country: Sankara's Burkina Faso Key figure: Julius Nyerere

Profile across the 12 axes

How Agrarian Socialism positions on each of the 12 political dimensions measured by 12 Axes.

Structure

Strong - Unitary
Federal 19%
Unitary 81%

Representation

Leaning - Autocracy
Democracy 36%
Autocracy 64%

Power

Strong - Security
Security 79%
Liberty 21%

Immigration

Balanced
Assimilation 51%
Multiculturalism 49%

Diplomacy

Leaning - Pacifist
Militarist 30%
Pacifist 70%

Intervention

Leaning - Non-interventionist
Non-interventionist 63%
Nationalist 38%

Economy

Very strong - Public
Public 93%
Private 8%

Control

Very strong - Planning
Planning 88%
Free market 13%

Trade

Strong - Protectionism
Protectionism 85%
Globalism 15%

Religion

Leaning - Irreligious
Irreligious 64%
Religious 36%

Morality

Leaning - Traditionalist
Progressive 31%
Traditionalist 69%

Technology

Strong - Biology
Technology 23%
Biology 78%
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