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|headquarters = №21, 61-''ram'', D-District<br>[[Kartika]], [[District of | |headquarters = №21, 61-''ram'', D-District<br>[[Kartika]], [[District of Ksoīnvra]] | ||
|newspaper = ''Just Commonwealth'' | |newspaper = ''Just Commonwealth'' | ||
|student_wing = University Caritists | |student_wing = University Caritists | ||
|youth_wing = | |youth_wing = | ||
|wing1_title = Labour wing | |wing1_title = Labour wing | ||
|wing1 = | |wing1 = [[Confederation of Christian Trade Unions]] | ||
|wing2_title = | |wing2_title = Agrarian wing | ||
|wing2 = | |wing2 = Farmer Chad Club | ||
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|membership_year = [[2024|21204]] | |membership_year = [[2024|21204]] | ||
|membership = 4.2 billion | |membership = 4.2 billion | ||
|ideology = {{wp|Christian democracy}}<br>{{wp|Distributism}}<br>{{wp|Subsidiarity}}<br>{{wp|Integral humanism}}<br><small>'''factions:'''</small><br>{{wp|Ordoliberalism}}<br>{{wp|Christian left}}<br>[[Model Economy]]<br>{{wp|Neo-corporatism}}<br>{{wp|Agrarianism}} | |ideology = {{wp|Christian democracy}}<br>{{wp|Distributism}}<br>{{wp|Subsidiarity}}<br>{{wp|Social market economy}}<br>{{wp|Integral humanism}}<br><small>'''factions:'''</small><br>{{wp|Ordoliberalism}}<br>{{wp|Christian left}}<br>[[Model Economy]]<br>{{wp|Neo-corporatism}}<br>{{wp|Agrarianism}}<br>{{wp|Third Way}} | ||
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The '''Caritist Social Union''' is a caucus of political parties and independent politicians in the [[Kiravian Stanora]] united by {{wp|Distributism|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democracy|Christian-democratic}} ideals. The Caritists are the currently the second-largest caucus in the Stanora, and are the leading party in opposition to the ruling [[ | The '''Caritist Social Union''' is a caucus of political parties and independent politicians in the [[Kiravian Stanora]] united by {{wp|Distributism|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democracy|Christian-democratic}} ideals. The Caritists are the currently the second-largest caucus in the Stanora, and are the leading party in opposition to the ruling [[Federalist Republican Alliance]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Coscivian civilisation has a long history of religiously-inspired political movements seeking social and economic justice, beginning with demands for peasants'rights in Ancient Eskea lead by Komarist clerics, continuing to the social movements to improve the welfare of women, orphans, the poor, and the mentally ill that expanded with the rise of Ruricanism in Western Éorsa, and finally coming to full force with the arrival of Christianity in the Northwest Islands. The [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|ethnic Ensciryan]] communities that gave Christianity its first converts in Coscivia gave the Church a central role in their society not only as a moral and spiritual authority, but also as an institution for education, healthcare, and support for the economically disadvantaged. Although the organic, communitarian nature of the Church weakened as Christianity spread into Western, Southern, and Central Éorsa where state institutions were better established, the state was still conceived of primarily as a mechanism for providing security and upholding law and order, and the majority of social services were undertaken by Christian, Rurican, or other religious orders. | |||
[Early-modern political Catholicism and religious humanitarianism]<br> | |||
[''Rerum novarum'', ''Quadragesimo anno'', etc.]<br> | |||
[Christian-democratic politics before the Civil War]<br> | |||
Union of Orthodox Parishes, International Unity of Christian Democrats (Roman Catholics), Caritist Party; Distributist groups<br> | |||
[Christian Democratic Party during the Sunderance as part of the National Reunification Front]<br> | |||
[Revival of Distributism, Christian corporatism, Catholic Workerism, etc. as mass-movements on the Mainland after reunification]<br> | |||
[Recent history]<br> | |||
<!--Coscivian civilisation has a long history of religiously-inspired political movements seeking social and economic justice, beginning with demands for peasants'rights in Ancient Eskea lead by Komarist clerics, continuing to the social movements to improve the welfare of women, orphans, the poor, and the mentally ill that expanded with the rise of Ruricanism in Western Éorsa, and finally coming to full force with the arrival of Christianity in the Northwest Islands. The [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|ethnic Ensciryan]] communities that gave Christianity its first converts in Coscivia gave the Church a central role in their society not only as a moral and spiritual authority, but also as an institution for education, healthcare, and support for the economically disadvantaged. Although the organic, communitarian nature of the Church weakened as Christianity spread into Western, Southern, and Central Éorsa where state institutions were better established, the state was still conceived of primarily as a mechanism for providing security and upholding law and order, and the majority of social services were undertaken by Christian, Rurican, or other religious orders. | |||
-Indigenous Coscivian Christian Humanists- | -Indigenous Coscivian Christian Humanists- | ||
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-Rise of Distributism- | -Rise of Distributism- | ||
-Opposition to Kirosocialism- | -Opposition to Kirosocialism- | ||
[Union of Orthodox Parishes, Christian Democratic Party, International Christian Democratic Appeal] | |||
[Christo-socialist lists] | |||
[Coöperation with Muslim lists] | |||
-Post-Kirosocialism- | -Post-Kirosocialism- | ||
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The term "Caritist" is an Occidentalised back-translation of ''Karitarisēn'', from the Latin ''caritas'' ("{{wp|Charity (Christian virtue)|charity}}") + the common Coscivian suffix ''-risēn'' ("doctrine", "-ism"). The term emerged in writings circulated at Catholic institutes of learning in the 1800s AD in reference to the humanitarian praxis of {{wp|Catholic social teaching}}. Although the term in its original and academic sense is not specific to politics and does not describe a political ideology ''senu stricto'', in modern ''karitarisēn'' has taken on a meaning of "religious humanitarianism" or "religious (centre-)left" in Kiravian political culture. | The term "Caritist" is an Occidentalised back-translation of ''Karitarisēn'', from the Latin ''caritas'' ("{{wp|Charity (Christian virtue)|charity}}") + the common Coscivian suffix ''-risēn'' ("doctrine", "-ism"). The term emerged in writings circulated at Catholic institutes of learning in the 1800s AD in reference to the humanitarian praxis of {{wp|Catholic social teaching}}. Although the term in its original and academic sense is not specific to politics and does not describe a political ideology ''senu stricto'', in modern ''karitarisēn'' has taken on a meaning of "religious humanitarianism" or "religious (centre-)left" in Kiravian political culture. | ||
==Platform== | ==Platform== | ||
===Economics=== | ===Economics=== | ||
The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on {{wp|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democratic|Christian-democratic}} thought, with influences from {{wp|ordoliberal economics}}, and the {{wp|Christian left}} on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the {{wp|economic liberal}} agenda pursued by the [[ | The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on {{wp|distributist}} and {{wp|Christian democratic|Christian-democratic}} thought, with influences from {{wp|ordoliberal economics}}, and the {{wp|Christian left}} on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the {{wp|economic liberal}} agenda pursued by the [[Federalist Republican Alliance]] and the effects of market liberalism on social solidarity and public morals. Broadly speaking, it occupies the economic centre-left space of the Kiravian political field, advocating a more expressly humanistic approach to economic policy, characterised by more widespread ownership of productive property and housing, decentralisation, class collaboration, a preponderance of small and medium enterprises, a communitarian approach to social welfare and public services, and "more humane" labour laws. Most CSU members endorse the {{wp|social market economy}} as the best policy framework for Kiravia, while the largest minority current seeks an economic structure closer to classical distributism, endorsing the Urcean [[Model Economy]] as framework for undertaking this transition. The economic right flank of the caucus has been described as espousing {{wp|social liberalism}}, the {{wp|Third Way}}, or "neoliberalism with a human face"; while the left flank endorses {{wp|social democracy}} verging on {{wp|religious socialism}}. | ||
[More specifics] | [More specifics] | ||
[e.g. labour policy] | [e.g. labour policy] | ||
Guided by Catholic social teaching, the CSU promotes {{wp|class collaboration}} and some degree of {{wp|neo-corporatism}} in its labour policy, historically charting a middle way between the capital-backed SRA and labour-backed NDA, which has made it a catalyst of compromise on labour issues, such as during the Longhaul Strike of 21191. CSU affiliates have implemented a {{wp|tripartism|tripartite framework for industrial relations}} at the provincial level in [[Vôtaska]], [[Intravia]], [[Ixikéa-Qihuxia]], and formerly [[Kastera]] and [[Váuadra]], and the caucus has long sought to establish tripartism at the federal level. Institutionally, the CSU has good relations with organised labour, particularly the [[Confederation of Christian Trade Unions]] and [[Pan-Kiravian Congress of Craft Unions]]. | |||
===Social Policy=== | ===Social Policy=== | ||
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CSU parties do not perform as quite as well with voters who adhere to a Coscivian religion are their sole or primary faith tradition. Outreach efforts toward Ruricans have yielded mixed results and been largely unsuccessful in the Northeast (home to the largest non-syncretic Rurican populations), where voters strongly associate the CSU parties with working class People Nation Coscivians and Levantine immigrants. However, Christian ethno-social communities for whom Ruricanism is a heritage religion cast a greater share of their votes for CSU candidates than other Christian communities of the same denomination and IDLD rating. | CSU parties do not perform as quite as well with voters who adhere to a Coscivian religion are their sole or primary faith tradition. Outreach efforts toward Ruricans have yielded mixed results and been largely unsuccessful in the Northeast (home to the largest non-syncretic Rurican populations), where voters strongly associate the CSU parties with working class People Nation Coscivians and Levantine immigrants. However, Christian ethno-social communities for whom Ruricanism is a heritage religion cast a greater share of their votes for CSU candidates than other Christian communities of the same denomination and IDLD rating. | ||
Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include Serradans; | Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include Serradans; Paisonic Coscivians and other R-Coscivians such as Kastrovans, Lusans, Síkutrans; Levantine-Kiravians, and H. | ||
OLD: Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include the urban working class, [[ | OLD: Ethno-social groups with particularly strong CSU voting patterns include the urban working class, [[Paisonic Coscivians]], [[Deep South Coscivians]], Ardóniem and Buryóniem Coscivians, Kastrovan Coscivians, Lusem Coscivians, Roman Catholics (excepting Traditionalists, who lean more towards the [[Authentic Historical Caucus|CoR]]), Síkutem and Southern Paisonic Coscivians, Woolzi-Kiravians, Serradem and Urom tribes practising Catholicism, enfranchised colonial natives, Éilpanem of the St. Margaret Islands, monoreligious Ruricans, middle-class families in micropolitan and semi-rural areas, Methodists, high-church Lutherans, and members of small non-Coscivian religious minorities. | ||
The CSU performs well among farmers with small to medium landholdings, especially the ''sirētur'' class of investor-farmers in the Mid-Oceanic states. Larger landowners are more likely to favour Caucus | The CSU performs well among farmers with small to medium landholdings, especially the ''sirētur'' class of investor-farmers in the Mid-Oceanic states. Larger landowners are more likely to favour Authentic Historical Caucus affiliated parties. In some CSU parties are competitive among tenant farmers, landless agricultural labourers, and poorer landowning farmers in the inland states, but these tend to vote for a wider range of parties, including the Social Credit Party, smaller agrarian parties affiliated with the KFA, and Kisosocialist parties. | ||
The CSU collects the largest share of the non-Coscivian vote, a fact attributed to its positive stance towards colonial natives and the economic lower classes that non-Coscivians in Kiravia are concentrated in, as well as its stronger universalistic ethos drawing on Christian and humanistic principles. This contrasts with the wholesale Coscivian nationalism of the [[Coscivian National Congress|CNC]], softer civilisational rhetoric of the SRA, and the Caucus | The CSU collects the largest share of the non-Coscivian vote, a fact attributed to its positive stance towards colonial natives and the economic lower classes that non-Coscivians in Kiravia are concentrated in, as well as its stronger universalistic ethos drawing on Christian and humanistic principles. This contrasts with the wholesale Coscivian nationalism of the [[Coscivian National Congress|CNC]], softer civilisational rhetoric of the SRA, and the Authentic Historical Caucus's dedication to ethnosocial, regional, tribal, and Coscivian identities. It also performs best with female voters. --> | ||
==Electoral Performance== | ==Electoral Performance== | ||
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| [[Kiravian federal election, 21197|21197]] | | [[Kiravian federal election, 21197|21197]] | ||
| {{Infobox political party/seats|108|545|hex=#FFD700}} | | {{Infobox political party/seats|108|545|hex=#FFD700}} | ||
| style="text-align: left;" | [[ | | style="text-align: left;" | [[Federalist Republican Alliance|Shaftonist-Republican]] victory | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21200|21200]] | | [[Kiravian federal election, 21200|21200]] | ||
| {{Infobox political party/seats|112|545|hex=#FFD700}} | | {{Infobox political party/seats|112|545|hex=#FFD700}} | ||
| style="text-align: left;" | [[ | | style="text-align: left;" | [[Federalist Republican Alliance|Shaftonist-Republican]] victory | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21203|21203]] | | [[Kiravian federal election, 21203|21203]] | ||
| {{Infobox political party/seats|133|545|hex=#FFD700}} | | {{Infobox political party/seats|133|545|hex=#FFD700}} | ||
| style="text-align: left;" | [[ | | style="text-align: left;" | [[Federalist Republican Alliance|FRA]]-led minority government | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Kiravian federal election, 21206|21206]] | | [[Kiravian federal election, 21206|21206]] | ||
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==Member Parties== | ==Member Parties== | ||
'''Conferences:''' | |||
*Union of Christian & Centre Democrats (UCCD) | |||
*Christian Solidary Democracy (CSD) | |||
*Distributists Against Correct Acronyms (DVD) | |||
*Distributist Labour Alliance (DLA) | |||
*Social Christian Alliance (SCA) | |||
{{col-begin}} | |||
{{col-break}} | |||
[[File:AtrassicaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Atrassica]]''' | |||
*Commonwealth Party (UCCD, CSD) | |||
|- | <br> | ||
||[[File: | [[File:AvenirskaraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Avenirskara]]''' | ||
*Christian Democratic Party (DVD) | |||
*Catholic Agrarian Party (DLA) | |||
||{{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}} | <br> | ||
[[File:AventurineBayFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Aventurine Bay Colony]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}} | |||
*Collaborative Distributist Party (DLA) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Álavora]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | |||
*Popular Solidarity Party (CSD) | |||
|- | <br> | ||
||[[ | [[File:TealEnsign-Light.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Daridia]]''' | ||
*Libertarian Distributist Party (DVD) | |||
*Confederation of Christian Freeholders & Coöperatives (UCCD) | |||
|| | <br> | ||
[[File:Flag of Jamaica.svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Enscirya]]''' | |||
*Apostolic Democratic Party (UCCD) | |||
||'''Popular Front''' | <br> | ||
|| | [[File:EtivéraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Etivéra]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|7|Orange}} | ||
'''Popular Front''' | |||
*Commonwealth Party (DVD) | |||
*People's Party (UCCD) | |||
*Christian Democratic Party (CSD) | |||
*Christian Labour Party (DLA) | |||
*Caritist Party (SCA) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:EusaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Eusa]]''' | |||
*Eusan Democratic Party (CSD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:FarivaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Fariva]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | |||
*Commonwealth Party (CSD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:HanoramFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Hanoram]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | |||
*Solidarity Party (CSD) | |||
{{col-break}} | |||
[[File:TealEnsign.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Idana]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}} | |||
*Christian Democratic Party (CSD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:IlfenóraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''Ilfenóra''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|3|Orange}} | |||
*Caritist Republican Party (UCCD) | |||
|- | *Christian Social Party (CSD) | ||
||'' | *Catholic Worker Party (SCA) | ||
*Distributist Party (DVD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:IrovasdraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Irovasdra]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | |||
*Commonwealth Party (CSD) | |||
*Celtic Distributist Party (DVD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:KaviskaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kaviska]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|7|Orange}} | |||
*Caritist Democratic Union (UCCD) | |||
|- | *Metropolitan Distributist Party (CSD) | ||
||'' | *Distributist Labour Party (DLA) | ||
*Christian Social Party (SCA) | |||
*Kaviskan Family Farmers' Party (DVD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:KannurFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kannur]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|Orange}} | |||
*Distributist Democratic Party (DLA) | |||
*International Solidarity of Christian Democrats (Roman Catholics) (CSD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:KasteraFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Kastera]]''' | |||
*Caritist Popular Party (CSD) | |||
*Party for Us (UCCD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:KnassaniaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Knassania]]''' | |||
*Popular Orthodox Rally (UCCD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:MelianIslesFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Melian Isles]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|2|4|Orange}} | |||
|- | *Christian Civic Party (CSD) | ||
||'' | <br> | ||
[[File:MetreaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Metrea]]''' | |||
*Caritist Republican Party (UCCD) | |||
|- | *Christian Social Party (CSD) | ||
||'' | *Catholic Worker Party (SCA) | ||
*Distributist Party (DVD) | |||
<br> | |||
|- | [[File:NewArdmoreFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[New Ardmore]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | ||
||'' | *Aontú (CSD) | ||
<br> | |||
[[File:NiyaskaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Niyaska]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | |||
*Popular Party-Christian Democrats (CSD, UCCD) | |||
*Popular Alternative Party (SCA) | |||
{{col-break}} | |||
|| | [[File:SakhalinFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Saxalin Islands]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|Orange}} | ||
*Christian Democratic Party (UCCD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:SydonaFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Sydona]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|5|Orange}} | |||
*Social Compact Party (CS) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:UmcaraStateFlag.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Umcara]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|0|3|Orange}} | |||
*Christian Democratic Party (UCCD) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:TealEnsign.png|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Overseas Regions|Varisavia]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|hex=Orange}} | |||
*Varisavian Popular Party (UCCD) | |||
*Katryn's Distributist Party (DVD) | |||
*Christian Labour Party (DLA) | |||
<br> | |||
[[File:Flag of Ontario (Green Ensign).svg|text-bottom|frameless|upright=0.1]] '''[[Verakośa]]''' {{Infobox political party/seats|1|3|Orange}} | |||
*Christian Social Party (UCCD) | |||
<br> | |||
{{col-end}} | |||
|- | |||
||'' | |||
||Varisavian Popular Party | |||
||{{Infobox political party/seats|1|3| | |||
===Observer Organisations=== | ===Observer Organisations=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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||Represents the ''sivētur'' investor-farmer class of the eastern coastal states | ||Represents the ''sivētur'' investor-farmer class of the eastern coastal states | ||
|- | |- | ||
|style="text-align:center" | [[File: | |style="text-align:center" | [[File:KsoīnvraFlag.png|25px]]<br>[[District of Ksoīnvra]] | ||
||Social Capital | ||Social Capital | ||
||{{wp|Extra-parliamentary opposition|Extraparliamentary}} association of the {{wp|Christian left}} operating as a pressure group in the capital district, where political parties have been banned since {{H:title|1988 AD|21168}} | ||{{wp|Extra-parliamentary opposition|Extraparliamentary}} association of the {{wp|Christian left}} operating as a pressure group in the capital district, where political parties have been banned since {{H:title|1988 AD|21168}} | ||
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|} | |} | ||
==Notes== | |||
{{KirCaucusNavbox}} | |||
[[Category:KRV]] | [[Category:KRV]] | ||
[[Category:Political parties]] | [[Category:Political parties]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:33, 14 August 2024
Caritist Social Union Karitarisēx Askolaþūra | |
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| Secretary-General | Enyékon Alitékuv |
| Caucus Chair | Águstín Pandéla |
| Whip | Devar Evigador |
| Founded | 21159 |
| Merger of | Christian Democrats Distributist Labour Union Humanist caucus |
| Headquarters | №21, 61-ram, D-District Kartika, District of Ksoīnvra |
| Newspaper | Just Commonwealth |
| Student wing | University Caritists |
| Labour wing | Confederation of Christian Trade Unions |
| Agrarian wing | Farmer Chad Club |
| Membership (21204) | 4.2 billion |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Distributism Subsidiarity Social market economy Integral humanism factions: Ordoliberalism Christian left Model Economy Neo-corporatism Agrarianism Third Way |
| Federal Stanora | 133 / 545 |
The Caritist Social Union is a caucus of political parties and independent politicians in the Kiravian Stanora united by distributist and Christian-democratic ideals. The Caritists are the currently the second-largest caucus in the Stanora, and are the leading party in opposition to the ruling Federalist Republican Alliance.
History
[Early-modern political Catholicism and religious humanitarianism]
[Rerum novarum, Quadragesimo anno, etc.]
[Christian-democratic politics before the Civil War]
Union of Orthodox Parishes, International Unity of Christian Democrats (Roman Catholics), Caritist Party; Distributist groups
[Christian Democratic Party during the Sunderance as part of the National Reunification Front]
[Revival of Distributism, Christian corporatism, Catholic Workerism, etc. as mass-movements on the Mainland after reunification]
[Recent history]
The term "Caritist" is an Occidentalised back-translation of Karitarisēn, from the Latin caritas ("charity") + the common Coscivian suffix -risēn ("doctrine", "-ism"). The term emerged in writings circulated at Catholic institutes of learning in the 1800s AD in reference to the humanitarian praxis of Catholic social teaching. Although the term in its original and academic sense is not specific to politics and does not describe a political ideology senu stricto, in modern karitarisēn has taken on a meaning of "religious humanitarianism" or "religious (centre-)left" in Kiravian political culture.
Platform
Economics
The Caritist Social Union claims a platform based on distributist and Christian-democratic thought, with influences from ordoliberal economics, and the Christian left on certain issues and within certain factions. In its contemporary position, the CSU acts mainly to represent the concerns many Kiravians have about the economic liberal agenda pursued by the Federalist Republican Alliance and the effects of market liberalism on social solidarity and public morals. Broadly speaking, it occupies the economic centre-left space of the Kiravian political field, advocating a more expressly humanistic approach to economic policy, characterised by more widespread ownership of productive property and housing, decentralisation, class collaboration, a preponderance of small and medium enterprises, a communitarian approach to social welfare and public services, and "more humane" labour laws. Most CSU members endorse the social market economy as the best policy framework for Kiravia, while the largest minority current seeks an economic structure closer to classical distributism, endorsing the Urcean Model Economy as framework for undertaking this transition. The economic right flank of the caucus has been described as espousing social liberalism, the Third Way, or "neoliberalism with a human face"; while the left flank endorses social democracy verging on religious socialism.
[More specifics] [e.g. labour policy]
Guided by Catholic social teaching, the CSU promotes class collaboration and some degree of neo-corporatism in its labour policy, historically charting a middle way between the capital-backed SRA and labour-backed NDA, which has made it a catalyst of compromise on labour issues, such as during the Longhaul Strike of 21191. CSU affiliates have implemented a tripartite framework for industrial relations at the provincial level in Vôtaska, Intravia, Ixikéa-Qihuxia, and formerly Kastera and Váuadra, and the caucus has long sought to establish tripartism at the federal level. Institutionally, the CSU has good relations with organised labour, particularly the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions and Pan-Kiravian Congress of Craft Unions.
Social Policy
Inspired by Christian ethics (particularly Catholic social teaching), the CSU holds strong positions on bioethics and on life issues. While all of the major caucuses in Kiravian politics can be considered socially conservative by modern Western standards, the CSU is more keen on upholding public morality through legislation than the SRA, CNC, or KFA. It supports the abolition of capital punishment for "ordinary domestic crimes in cases where life imprisonment would not endanger the public", and a federal prohibition on in vitro fertilisation.
Foreign Policy
Stated Policy Goals
Although the CSU itself is only a political actor on the federal level, it also serves as a consultative and cooperative forum for member-parties and independent members participating in the governance of the various federal subjects. As such, the common platforms adopted at CSU triennial conferences address policies to be pursued on both the national and state levels.
- Reintroduce directive principles of public and social policy to the Fundamental Statute (constitution), in order to compel the federal government of uphold social and economic justice and the dignity of the human person.
- "Forty acres, a cow, and a broadband connection" - Distributism for the digital age.
- Introduce stronger protections for genetic privacy and stronger safeguards against genetic discrimination, including adding a right to genetic privacy to the Statute of Liberties.
- Reform tax codes (state and federal) and incorporation laws to incentivise the creation of coöperatives
- Reform financial regulations to curb speculation, reduce leverage, and promote the proliferation of credit unions
- Introduce targeted initiatives for gradual land reform in areas where oligopolies on agricultural land are arresting economic and human development.
- Promote government investment and research in the field of renewable energy
Internal Tendencies
Religion
Voter Base
As the second-largest caucus in the Federal Stanora, the CSU draws on a large popular support base, embracing many sectors of Kiravian society.
Tenant farmers
Regional strongholds for the SRA include the deeply Catholic Rosary Belt region of Farravonia, Catholic and developing Sarolasta, and New Ardmore.
Electoral Performance
| Election | Seats | Outcome of election |
|---|---|---|
| 21197 | 108 / 545
|
Shaftonist-Republican victory |
| 21200 | 112 / 545
|
Shaftonist-Republican victory |
| 21203 | 133 / 545
|
FRA-led minority government |
| 21206 | 142 / 554
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CSU-led minority government |
Member Parties
Conferences:
- Union of Christian & Centre Democrats (UCCD)
- Christian Solidary Democracy (CSD)
- Distributists Against Correct Acronyms (DVD)
- Distributist Labour Alliance (DLA)
- Social Christian Alliance (SCA)
 Aventurine Bay Colony 2 / 3
 Álavora 1 / 3
 Etivéra 2 / 7
Popular Front
 Fariva 1 / 3
 Hanoram 1 / 3
|
 Idana 2 / 3
 Ilfenóra 2 / 3
 Irovasdra 1 / 3
 Kaviska 2 / 7
 Kannur 0 / 3
 Melian Isles 2 / 4
 New Ardmore 1 / 3
 Niyaska 1 / 3
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 Saxalin Islands 0 / 3
 Sydona 1 / 5
 Umcara 0 / 3
Varisavia 1 / 3
.svg){kind=small} Verakośa 1 / 3
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Observer Organisations
| State | Organisation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Nationwide |
Catholic Rural Life Federation | Civil society group involved in rural development and advocating agrarian distributism |
Nationwide |
Catholic Worker Political Committee | Communitarian and personalist group associated with the Catholic Worker Movement |
Nationwide |
Federation of Christian Trade Unions | The de facto labour wing of the CSU |
Etivéra |
Mid-Oceanic Society of Freeholders | Represents the sivētur investor-farmer class of the eastern coastal states |
 District of Ksoīnvra |
Social Capital | Extraparliamentary association of the Christian left operating as a pressure group in the capital district, where political parties have been banned since Template:H:title |
| File:IbykiaFlag.png Ibykia |
New Democratic Party | A Christian-democratic party active in the advisory Representative Assembly of Ibykia |
 Cascada |
Society of Good Neighbours | Mormon-inspired pressure group formed to give a political voice to the Latter-Day Saint community in Cascada. |
