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Communitarian personalism
The Community Steward
«People live through their relationships.»
Wary of both big capital and big government. Proposes widespread ownership, strong local communities, family and subsidiarity, with a Christian care for creation.
In short
On the traditional scale, this ideology sits in the center-left camp. The clearest positions are on religion: strongly towards “religion”; devolution: strongly towards “federalism”; society: strongly towards “tradition”; environment: fairly towards “ecology”. On state, sovereignty and justice it stays balanced. Among the other ideologies, the closest is distributism (97%).
Principles
- Widespread ownership and small businesses
- Local communities and subsidiarity
- Care for creation
A civil economy, cooperation and community in the service of the person.
Common criticisms
Where it comes from
It was born in France with Emmanuel Mounier in the 1930s; in Italy it inspired Adriano Olivetti and the civil economy movement.
Key figures: Pope Francis, Luigi Sturzo, Adriano Olivetti
Further reading: Laudato si' — Pope Francis; Small Is Beautiful — E. F. Schumacher
Position on the 13 axes
Similar ideologies
DistributismThe Smallholder-Owner97%Democratic CatholicismThe Framer92%Christian democracyThe Weaver90%Closest parties in Europe
DENKNetherlands83%
Kristelig FolkepartiNorway83%
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija – Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjungaLithuania79%
ChristenUnieNetherlands78%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.