Talk:National conservatism

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[edit] Does this category exist?

Is there really an umbrella big enough for both the Likud and the Kuomintang? Yakuman 21:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

1) I've never heard this term 'National Conservatism used before, and the only evidence of such usage within the article is an unsupported claim that it is widely used 'in Europe'. This need a reference. Is the claim that the term is widely used in Britain or Ireland, ie in the English language? If so, I'm surprised never to have come across it. Or is the claim that an equivelant of the term is used in some other European language? If so, a reference would be useful for that. I'm slightly suspicious that this is a made-up term that doesn't deserve a Wikipedia entry at all, though I'm willing to be convinced otherwise.

2) In any case, the definition provided doesn't fit the UK Independence Party. Eurosceptic, certainly, but the party isn't socially onservative (it is in many respects libertarian), and it isn't 'strongly' against immigration (it doesn't call for a ban on new immigration, only that control over immigration policy should be returned to Westminster from Brussels, and that numbers allowed in per year should roughly match the numbers emigrating from Britain each year.) As UKIP doesn't fit the description provided, I have deleted it from the list of parties in this article. Twilde 25/11/06

I partly agree with you, that may-be there shouldn't be such an article. Though I'm not sure if the "don't deserve" part is right. What I see more prolematic is the fact that connecting "nationalism" and "conservatism" produces so many different results, that it might not be worth trying to write a good article about it. There is at least one party in Estonia that defines itself through "national conservatism" and "christian democracy". This might just justify the existence of an article about "national conservatism" - even though it does not mean that it is a widely used term. I was just thinking whether or not an article of Estonian equivalent to "national conservatism" should be created and so I ended up here. But I have not come across the term in English a lot. May-be we could agree, that the article deserves to exist, but should be more accurate about actual usage of the term and where does the concept as a political idea exist? Another thing about the party in Estonia is that it is absolutely not "eurosceptic", and probably not "VERY" opposed to immigration. Nevertheless, leaving out the "national" part when describing the party would be a loss. So defining is definitely not as simple as it is in the current article.

[edit] Merge with Social conservatism?

  • I strongly oppose the merge of this article with Social conservatism. They're two completely different concepts. Some national conservatives may be also social conservatives (and viceversa), but this doesn't mean that they are synonims. --Checco 00:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you on that, but I don't think that national conservatism is necessarily far-right. --Checco 13:52, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
The entry should probably be redefined precisely, and explain varieties of national conservatism. On the cited parties, the League of Polish Families, the National Alliance, the Movement for France and the National Front, and the Swiss People's Party are all usually considered as far-right. The Likud is not, and I gather that the Democratic Unionist Party is not either. Tazmaniacs 15:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
I agree, yes. —Nightstallion 16:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
The Swiss People's Party is not far-right, as National Alliance undoubtely is not: it is a moderate-conservative parties, with both social-conservative and liberal stances. It is definitely part of the Italian political mainstream, exactly as Forza Italia. --Checco 16:23, 20 September 2007 (UTC)