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Four Clusters of Political Attitude
George G Clark (May 2002)
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Recent studies in the UK suggest that modern political attitudes can be usefully
divided into four clusters as shown below where
 | Economic freedom ranges from state control at the low end through to free-market
policies at the other. |
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| Personal freedom ranges from much government intervention at the low end through to
total freedom of individual choice at the other. |
| ‘Socialists’ want state intervention in
economic life, but are distrustful of markets and are wary of government as far as moral
issues are concerned. |
‘Libertarians’ want individualism, and low
state involvement on all fronts.
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(UK 1997,
18% ………………) |
(UK 1997,
20% ……………….)
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| ‘Authoritarians’ want the government to have
a firm hand in all areas including both the economic and the moral. |
‘Conservatives’ want market freedom, but
also strong state control over issues such as family, drugs and abortion. |
(UK 1997,
13% ………….) |
(UK 1997,
33%
……………………………) |
In 1997 Tony Blair’s (New) Labour Party (in the UK) was first
choice for all these groups except the conservatives.
Based loosely on:
John Blundell and Brian Gosschalk (1997) Beyond Left and Right;
London: Institute of Economic Affairs:
(as quoted in Anthony Giddens (1998)
The Third Way – the renewal of social democracy; Polity Press; ISBN 0 7456
2267 4)
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