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{{Short description|Position within the political spectrum}} | {{Short description|Position within the political spectrum}} | ||
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'''Centre-left politics''' ([[British English]]) or '''center-left politics''' ([[American English]]), also referred to as '''moderate-left politics''', are political views that lean to the [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] on the [[left–right political spectrum]], but closer to the [[Centrism|centre]] than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve [[social justice]].<ref>[[Oliver H. Woshinsky]]. ''Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior''. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 146.</ref> The centre-left promotes a degree of social equality that it believes is achievable through promoting [[equal opportunity]].<ref name="Oliver">Oliver H. Woshinsky. ''Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior''. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 143.</ref> The centre-left emphasizes that the achievement of equality requires personal responsibility in areas in control by the individual person through their abilities and talents as well as social responsibility in areas outside control by the person in their abilities or talents.<ref>Chris Armstrong. ''Rethinking Equality: The Challenge of Equal Citizenship''. Manchester University Press, 2006, p. 89.</ref> | '''Centre-left politics''' ([[British English]]) or '''center-left politics''' ([[American English]]), also referred to as '''moderate-left politics''', are political views that lean to the [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] on the [[left–right political spectrum]], but closer to the [[Centrism|centre]] than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve [[social justice]].<ref>[[Oliver H. Woshinsky]]. ''Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior''. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 146.</ref> The centre-left promotes a degree of social equality that it believes is achievable through promoting [[equal opportunity]].<ref name="Oliver">Oliver H. Woshinsky. ''Explaining Politics: Culture, Institutions, and Political Behavior''. New York: Routledge, 2008, pp. 143.</ref> The centre-left emphasizes that the achievement of equality requires personal responsibility in areas in control by the individual person through their abilities and talents as well as social responsibility in areas outside control by the person in their abilities or talents.<ref>Chris Armstrong. ''Rethinking Equality: The Challenge of Equal Citizenship''. Manchester University Press, 2006, p. 89.</ref> | ||