left-wing
Let an agent describe left-wing politics neutrally as a spectrum of positions, attribute classifications of parties and movements, present debates with sources, and avoid partisan framing or pejorative labels.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent describe left-wing politics neutrally as a spectrum of positions, attribute classifications of parties and movements, present debates with sources, and avoid partisan framing or pejorative labels.
A political alignment on the left of the political spectrum, historically associated with support for social equality, egalitarianism and reform or transformation of economic structures, encompassing social democracy, democratic socialism, green politics, communism and anarchism, with subdivisions such as centre-left, New Left and far-left; classifications of parties and movements as left-wing are made by scholars, media and the actors themselves and are often contested.
What it is for: Understanding a political alignment and its variants.
It can be explain the origin and meaning of the left-right spectrum; describe left-wing currents and their differences; attribute classifications of parties and movements; present policy positions and criticisms with attribution.
Distinguishing features
Political alignment
Family of ideologies
Historically defined
Contested classification
What it looks like
Not physical; ideologies, parties and movements.
How it is recognised
Positions emphasising equality and social change
Currents from centre-left to far-left
Right-wing positions emphasise tradition, order or markets
Related models
is a kind of - category
is contrasted with - opposite alignment
is represented in - institutions
is related to - critique of concentrated power
In practice
Families and kinds
centre-left and social democracy
democratic socialism and labour movements
green left
communist and far-left currents
New Left and regional variants
Standards and regulation
No regulation; electoral and party laws govern parties
Failure modes and hazards
Partisan framing
Using pejorative or contested labels as neutral
Presenting classifications as fact
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What left-wing means.
Origins and definitions.
Origin
The spectrum.
Origin
Origin.
- Where does the left-right distinction come from, and how do political scientists define the left today? provenance
- How does the meaning vary between countries? boundary
Currents
Varieties of the left.
Currents
Currents.
- How do social democracy, democratic socialism, green politics and far-left currents differ, as their proponents describe them? provenance
- Which labels are self-descriptions and which are applied by others? boundary
Classify Parties and movements.
Attribute classifications.
Who
Who says so.
Who
Attribution.
- Who classifies this party or movement as left-wing, and does it describe itself that way? provenance
- Is the classification disputed? boundary
Labels
Contested labels.
Labels
Labels.
- Is this label, such as far-left or a composite term, analytical or pejorative in this context? boundary
- Is it presented with attribution rather than as fact? boundary
Positions Policies and debates.
Neutral description.
Policies
Policy positions.
Policies
Policies.
- What policies does this left-wing party or movement advocate, according to its own programme? provenance
- What do critics say, with attribution? provenance
History
Historical development.
History
History.
- How do historians describe the development of the left in this country or period? provenance
- Are contested episodes described neutrally? boundary
Neutral Agent conduct.
Balance.
Framing
Balanced description.
Framing
Framing.
- Is the description balanced, with the same care applied as to other alignments? boundary
- Are loaded terms avoided or attributed? boundary
Limits
Harmful requests.
Limits
Limits.
- Does the request seek to demean people by political affiliation or incite hostility? boundary
- How should the agent decline? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each current be a separate entry?
- How should classifications be sourced?
- How should registry aliases that are pejorative be handled?