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Christian DemocracyIdeology of a number of parties active in Western Europe since World War II, especially in Italy, the Federal Republic of Germany, and France, and (since 1989) in central and Eastern Europe. Christian Democrats are essentially moderate conservatives who believe in a mixed economy and in the provision of social welfare. They are opposed to both communism and fascism but are largely in favour of European integration. |
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| Maria Mitchell, "Antimaterialism in Early German Christian Democracy," in European Christian Democracy: Historical Legacies and Comparative Perspectives, ed. But if the base of the right were Catholic ethnics in the Northeast and Midwest, American conservatism would resemble European Christian democracy, combining social conservatism with support for a strong and paternalistic welfare state. Leo XIII, after all, and the Italian Jesuits who helped draft Rerum novarum were among Europe's most influential voices on the "social question," and Catholic intellectuals and workers formed the backbone of what eventually came to be called Christian Democracy, a movement central to the formation of the modern European and South American welfare states. |
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