Conservative (disambiguation)

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  • Developed Article American conservatism: A diverse mix of political ideologies that contrast with liberalism, socialism, secularism and communism. [e]
  • American Conservative (magazine): Founded by Patrick Buchanan, a publication on the "Old Right" side of American conservatism, with a particular emphasis on criticizing neoconservatism [e]
  • Stub Conservatism: A concept of political theory used as a shortcut to refer to a wide swath of people who allegedly hold similar values. The conservative ideal does not really exist, as no two people would likely define it exactly the same. Generalizations often made about conservatives may include that they wish to limit social change, preserve traditional family values, abhor homosexuality, revere the military and exhibit staunch patriotism for their country, believe in fiscal restraint, decry foreign immigration, and do not wish to fund support for people in need on grounds that they must be lazy. [e]
  • Developing Article Conservative Coalition: A U.S. congressional coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats who joined forces in the 1930's in opposition to New Deal liberalism and wielded power intermittently until the 1990s. [e]
  • External Article Conservative Judaism: A modern stream of Judaism that arose out of intellectual currents in Germany in the mid-19th century and took institutional form in the United States in the early 1900s. [e]
  • Conservative party: Any political party or interest group committed to conservative principle, which is a sometimes paradoxical notion. In the last years of the U.S.S.R., for example, socialist leaders there found themselves in the role of conservatives, seeking to preserve the status quo ante, as political conservatives in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere were committed to radical transformation of the role of government. [e]
  • Conservative Party of Canada: The current governing party, formed in 2003 by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party. [e]
  • Stub Conservative Party (UK): A right-wing political party which espouses conservatism. [e]
  • Developing Article Neoconservatism: A political philosophy and ideology which combines many traditional conservative opinions with an emphasis on the importance of foreign policy and using American power to push democracy forward. [e]
  • Developing Article Paleoconservatism: A branch of American conservatism that stresses tradition, civil society, classical federalism and the heritage of traditional Christian civilization, and opposed socialism, the Eisenhower "New Deal" and neoconservatism; Patrick Buchanan is prominent [e]