IDEOLOGY PROFILE / COMMUNITARIANISM

Communitarianism.

Emphasizes shared obligations, social institutions, and the role of communities in shaping individual life.

Communitarianism

AT A GLANCE

Defining principles

01Community obligations

02Socially embedded individual life

These are broad descriptions of an intellectual tradition. Individual adherents, historical organizations, and governments may differ.

THE PROFILE

How this tradition is modeled

Our model scores positions on independent dimensions. A dimension omitted here is not treated as a neutral belief; it simply isn’t a defining part of this profile.

You Communitarianism

Political economy

Redistribution70

Institutions

Local autonomy88

Society & identity

Social hierarchy55

National sovereignty70

Internationalism45

Culture & change

Religion in government63

Cultural traditionalism73

Scale: 0–100 within each dimension. Bars show relative positioning, not strength of conviction. Unanswered dimensions are omitted.

YOUR PROFILE

You and this tradition

similarity

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THE DISTINCTIONS

Compare with another ideology

Communitarianismvs.

Draws on Christian social thought to support human dignity, family and community institutions, subsidiarity, and a social market economy.

Religion in government

Communitarianism 63Christian Democracy 78

Redistribution

Communitarianism 70Christian Democracy 78

Cultural traditionalism

Communitarianism 73Christian Democracy 80

Local autonomy

Communitarianism 88Christian Democracy 83

Numbers indicate model positions on a 0–100 scale, not a moral ranking or measure of certainty.