right-wing
Let an agent explain right-wing politics neutrally: describe positions and their variety, attribute classifications of parties or movements to named sources, and distinguish lawful political positions from extremism as defined by official bodies.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept Meaning.
Define
Definitions.
Define
Definitions.
- How do political scientists define right-wing in this country or period? provenance
- How does it differ elsewhere? boundary
Spectrum
Range.
Spectrum
Spectrum.
- How do researchers distinguish centre-right, radical right and far-right? provenance
- Which classification scheme is used? provenance
Parties Actors.
Classify
Placing parties.
Classify
Party classification.
- Who classifies this party or movement as right-wing or far-right, and on what basis? provenance
- How does the party describe itself? provenance
Positions
Policies.
Positions
Policies.
- What does the party manifesto say on this issue? provenance
- How have independent analysts summarised it? provenance
Extremism Official definitions.
Official
Official assessments.
Official
Official assessments.
- What do official bodies define as right-wing extremism, and which groups do they list? provenance
- Are those designations disputed? boundary
Harm
Threats and hate.
Harm
Threats and hate.
- Does the content involve threats or incitement to violence? boundary
- How can it be reported to platforms or police? action
Neutral Agent conduct.
Balance
Balanced description.
Balance
Balanced description.
- Is the answer balanced, attributed and free of loaded language? boundary
- Are several perspectives represented? boundary
Voting
Voter information.
Voting
Voter information.
- Where can voters find official election and party information? provenance
- Is the agent avoiding telling people how to vote? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- miscellaneous right, Union of the far-right, right-wing extremism, far-right politics in Hungary, far-right politics in Italy, far-right politics in Israel, digital right-wing extremism, Austrian nationalism, far-right politics in Germany, far-right politics in the United Kingdom, far-right politics in Croatia, far-right politics in Poland
What it is Filled
A broad political orientation that varies by country and era, commonly associated with support for tradition, social hierarchy or order, free markets, national identity or religion, and ranging from the centre-right to the far-right; how parties and movements are placed on the spectrum is often contested and should be attributed to sources.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain right-wing politics neutrally: describe positions and their variety, attribute classifications of parties or movements to named sources, and distinguish lawful political positions from extremism as defined by official bodies.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Broad and contested label
- Varies by country
- Spans moderate to extreme
- Relative to local politics
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Label a person or party as right-wing or far-right without attributing the judgement.
- Infer a person's political views from their data and profile them.
- Produce political propaganda, disinformation or targeted persuasion for or against right-wing groups.
- Spread hate against people for their political views.
Only with a human decision
- Using a person's political views in any decision about them.
May
- Describe right-wing ideas and movements, attributing placements on the spectrum to sources.
- Report party positions from their own programmes and reliable analyses.
Moral aspects Filled
- Political labels can stigmatise; placements are contested and must be attributed.
- Political opinions are sensitive personal data and protected in many laws.
Who is affected
- Voters and citizens
- People holding political views
- Minorities targeted by extremist movements
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a political orientation; parties answer for their own positions.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q28819924 - registry parent class
related
- political alignment - category
- left-wing - counterpart
- political science - field
- doctrine - ideas
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.right-wing
- Wikidata: Q76074 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76074)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Party manifestos and voting records
- Political science classifications
- Left-right placement differs between countries
- Not physical; expressed in parties, manifestos, speeches and movements.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain what right-wing means in a given context
- describe the range from centre-right to far-right with sources
- attribute classifications of parties to researchers or official bodies
- find voter information and party manifestos
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Labelling parties or people without attribution
- Partisan framing
- Amplifying hateful content
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Freedom of expression and association law
- Laws on hate speech and violent extremism
- Election and party finance law
Context of use required Filled
- Understanding political ideas, parties and debates.
- centre-right and conservative politics
- liberal-conservative and market-oriented positions
- national-conservative positions
- far-right and radical right (as classified by sources)
- right-wing extremism (as defined by authorities)
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q76074: right-wing - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Right-wing politics - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should spectrum positions be separate entries?
- How should classifications be attributed?
- How should registry aliases naming countries be handled?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q76074/spec.json