Version 2.0.5: A Demonstration edit for quote from Oxford (political) dictionary
Comment: The following is offered as an alternative to help resolve an ongoing dispute over a passage in the lead section of Right-wing politics. Some editors may wish to retain the disclaimer sentence, "Note that the bracketed clarification is not in the original." It's my opinion that it's not needed in this instance, or that it could be appropriately re–located to a position at the end of this passage's cite in the reference section. Please don't append additional comments to this or any subsequent proposed versions here; keep comments on Talk:Right-wing politics instead. – OhioStandard (talk) 13:31, 8 February 2011 (UTC)
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics says, in part, "In advanced liberal democracies, perhaps more than anything else the right has been defined in opposition to socialism or social democracy. As a result, the ideologies and philosophies of right–wing political parties have included elements of conservatism, Christian democracy, liberalism [in its classical rather than social form], libertarianism, and nationalism; and for extreme–right parties racism and fascism." Note that the bracketed clarification is not in the original. The dictionary continues, "In surveys, self-placement on a 'left–right' scale is associated with attitudes on economic policy, especially redistribution and privatization/nationalization, post-materialism, and ( particularly in Catholic countries ) religiosity."[1]
References
- ^ McLean, Iain; McMilan, Alistair, eds. (2009). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics. Stephen Fisher, contributor of entry for "right(–wing)." (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-19-920516-5 (Paperback).
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