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346 documents for political left and right wing
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Although the two aforementioned dimensions have been recovered widely in previous research, the relations between these two dimensions have tended to vary across samples, both within and between cultures (e.g., [Duckitt], 2001; [Duriez] et al., 2005). In some samples, the two dimensions are nearly independent, but in other samples the relations are much stronger. In an attempt to understand these variations, Duckitt and colleagues (Duckitt, 2001; Duckitt et al., 2002) and Duriez et al. (2005) have hypothesised that the strength of the relation between the two dimensions depends on the national political context and on the characteristics of the respondents. With regard to between-culture differences, Duckitt and colleagues suggested that the relations between the two dimensions are stro...
... described in terms of the well-known left-versus-right continuum (e.g., Jost, 2006; Jost, Gl... studied ideological beliefs have been right-wing authoritarianism (RWA; Altemeyer, 1981, 1988, 1996...
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It's not difficult to sow discord among Liberals. They're doing an excellent job themselves. Ideological parties have the glue of their core beliefs to hold them together in opposition and in power. But the only glue "mushy middle" parties like Canada's Liberals have is power itself. In a nation where two-thirds of the electorate leans to the centre-left, the Liberals' winning formula has always been to tilt to the left. The 1993 post-[Brian Mulroney] political meltdown robbed the Liberals of most of their left wing. Arising from the ashes of Mulroney's doomed Quebec-Alberta axis, the Bloc Québécois deprived the party of Wilfrid Laurier and Pierre Trudeau of much of its leftist oxygen. Previously, the Liberals could always count on a large contingent of progressive Quebec MPs to counter...
... progressive Quebec MPs to counter the more right-wing, "business" Liberals from rural Ontario and t...
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... and section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter). Mr. Harkat further... Islamique du Salut (FIS), a legal political party at the time. Harkat acknowledged his support... outlawed in 1992, the FIS created a military wing, the Armée islamique du salut, which supported a ...Triki left Toronto on October 23, 1996, carrying a false Saud...
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[Glen Murray], when you left Winnipeg you took most of your body with you but you obviously didn't take your nose as well, so please take it back to Toronto with you and keep it out of Winnipeg's business, and don't give us the old song about you are only concerned about Winnipeg. I think people stopped believing you a long time ago. Yes, Glen Murray is right. He's a creative, intelligent man with original ideas, and it was inspiring to read about his thoughts on Winnipeg, while at the same time sad that he's no longer leading this city. [Sam Katz], on the other hand, spews the old conservative, right-wing "let's cut taxes" message time and again. He couldn't even come up with an original counter-punch to Murray - instead borrowing a worn-out quote that I'm as tired of hearing as his "t...
... Murray who jumped ship in the name of political opportunism, only to fail in the process. Sounds, ...
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The only thing "reckless, mean-spirited, partisan without limit" about [Frances Russell]'s column is the column itself. Criticizing our government is a cherished component of the parliamentary, democratic process of this country. However, Russell's point of view (and therefore relentless criticism of anything right of the far left-wing views her column seems to reflect) would be a lot more effective if she would avoid "reckless, mean-spirited, partisan without limit" labelling, and instead offer insightful solutions to the criticisms she delivers. Over the past couple of years I have rather enjoyed reading Frances Russell's political column. As a self-professed political junkie, I enjoy reading the political commentary of the day, regardless of whether or not I agree with the opinion o...
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... following a referendum and a charter of rights and freedoms enshrined but also with significant n... popularity, Trudeau turned the waning political capital of his last months in office to the non-co... as that of a marijuana-consuming leftist; and revelations about the motivations behind, and...Right-wing commentator Pat Buchanan told the CBC that officia...
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COLOMBIA is a country plagued by violence, political instability and one of the world's most brutally lucrative illegal drug industries. Its democratically elected president, Alvaro Uribe, is a controversial figure who has been accused of having links to right-wing militias fighting left-wing militias and terrorist organizations. The country is clearly a mess, perhaps the biggest mess in all of Latin America today, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper thinks Canada should negotiate a free trade deal with it. Mr. Harper is right. Curiously, the opposition to Mr. Harper's initiative has been passionate on the part of the Canadian left, with the NDP and the trade unions condemning it as a threat to Canadian jobs. Even more curiously, that opposition is shared by the Colombian left and trade u...
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The Harper government claims that it is keen to develop a strong policy towards Latin America. Yet it is a flawed approach, supporting US policy at a time when it is at its lowest point in decades, while ignoring both a clear leftward swing of elected Latin American governments in the last five years and the significant importance of Cuba in the region. This paper examines the Harper government's approach to Cuba. Following some general comments on the evolution of Canadian policy towards revolutionary Cuba, it examines some of the errors in the Harper approach, suggests an explanation for the approach employed, and makes suggestions about policies that Ottawa should consider to improve relations. In sports terms, Cuba "punches above its weight"-a fact which is known widely in Latin Ame...
... the best way of fostering meaningful political and economic reforms in Cuba (while carving out sp... results, with the thorny issue of human rights being particularly difficult. Toward the end of th...There are also members of the right-wing government who, for purely ideological reasons, wo...
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... constitutional democracy that respects the rights of its own citizens and offers protection to Colom... they felt unsafe in Venezuela before they left that country, but found that their only complaint ... the contrary, they were aimed at the right-wing paramilitaries fighting FARC in Columbia and the b... and it is opposed by the right-wing political class that used to be in power. It is somewhat dif...
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A business boycott (this was before the recession) of a museum exhibit is highly unusual. Because evolution is widely disbelieved, we should teach about the evolution/creation controversy as part of school science classes. Many issues (such as the war on drugs, climate change, or stem cell research) are at the intersection of science, politics and often religion as well.
.... Traditional right-wing/ left-wing distinctions among political parti...
