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Communitarianism
The Good Neighbor
«No one is saved alone.»
Criticizes liberal individualism: people find fulfillment within communities, families and traditions that politics should protect and strengthen.
In short
On the traditional scale, this ideology sits in the center-right camp. The clearest positions are on devolution: strongly towards “federalism”; society: fairly towards “tradition”; method: fairly towards “reform”; religion: fairly towards “religion”. Among the other ideologies, the closest is distributism (94%).
Principles
- The common good before individual rights
- Community and intermediate bodies
- Civic virtue
Community and social bonds come before the isolated individual.
Common criticisms
Where it comes from
It emerged in the 1980s with philosophers like Alasdair MacIntyre, Michael Sandel and Charles Taylor, in response to John Rawls.
Key figures: Aristotle, Alexis de Tocqueville
Further reading: After Virtue — Alasdair MacIntyre; Liberalism and the Limits of Justice — Michael Sandel
Position on the 13 axes
Similar ideologies
DistributismThe Smallholder-Owner94%Green conservatismThe Landscape Guardian94%Communitarian personalismThe Community Steward90%Closest parties in Europe
Hlas – sociálna demokraciaSlovakia90%
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija – Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjungaLithuania90%
AontúIreland90%
Noi ModeratiItaly89%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.