Book contents
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conceptual Building Blocks of the Christian Democratic Ideology
- Part II History and Future Prospects of Christian Democracy as a Political Phenomenon
- 7 Christian Democracy in Continental Europe
- 8 The European Union as a Christian Democracy
- 9 Christian Democracy in the Americas
- 10 Persistent Normative Potential of Christian Democracy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
10 - Persistent Normative Potential of Christian Democracy
Between Muslim Democracy and Far-Right Populism
from Part II - History and Future Prospects of Christian Democracy as a Political Phenomenon
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2019
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- What Is Christian Democracy?
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Conceptual Building Blocks of the Christian Democratic Ideology
- Part II History and Future Prospects of Christian Democracy as a Political Phenomenon
- 7 Christian Democracy in Continental Europe
- 8 The European Union as a Christian Democracy
- 9 Christian Democracy in the Americas
- 10 Persistent Normative Potential of Christian Democracy
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter addresses the question of the persistent normative value of the Christian Democratic ideology. Having established in Chapters 7–9 that Christian Democracy is not necessarily in the process of disappearing as a partisan phenomenon, and also that it remains a useful category to describe distinctive features of both the EU and USA, I now move on to examine whether this is to be considered a ‘good’ thing, or rather a problem we should seek to overcome.
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- What is Christian Democracy?Politics, Religion and Ideology, pp. 317 - 344Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019