III. Ideology
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Consistency
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Over‑all Society
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Labor and Management
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Substantial differences in policy areas
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Since 19th century labor movement constitutional
in orientation
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Traditionally both disliked compulsory government
intervention
Consistency
As much consistency of Ideologies among actors as anywhere
Over‑all Society
Democracy and individual liberty
A bit more tolerance for collectivist intervention than US
Substantial differences in policy areas
Social services
Industrial subsidies
Nationalization
Since 19th century labor movement constitutional in orientation,
Accepting existing political order
Revolutionary Marxists visible but with limited support
Still strong sense of class differences and class conflict
Since 1979 reflected in dramatic increase in economic inequality