{"id":1423,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/of-late-centrist-and-centre-left-political-parties-have-been-upsc-psir-2025-2912\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:27","slug":"of-late-centrist-and-centre-left-political-parties-have-been-upsc-psir-2025-2912","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/of-late-centrist-and-centre-left-political-parties-have-been-upsc-psir-2025-2912\/","title":{"rendered":"Of late, centrist and centre-left political parties have been facing setbacks while centre-right parties have been in ascendency the world over. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">ete Og ma a he PE ee Sat OT SME es rae ND Reset SEEN fae eee a Ee Cat enna e Te centre-left rested on welfare-socialist consensus (SPD \/ Scandinavia, Keynes + welfare) \u2014 1980s New Right (Thatcher \/ Reagan) broke it \u2014 state rolled back, economic ground lost \u2014 deeper cause = lost distinctiveness \u2192 Kirchheimer\u2019s catch- all + \u201cend of ideology\u201d \u2014 mainstream convergence, class anchor weakens &#8211; vacuum filled \u2192 New Right returns (W. Europe, Canada, Australia, NZ) \u2014 right-wing populism = ethno-nationalism + anti- elitism \u2014 drivers: economic insecurity + cultural hanlrlaahk Tewermm js\/Tivan Dam \/ Calersee<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">7 24 44 284 1 4 Se a *- * items xd 4 \u2014\u2014_ ll ll 4S 4 S44 7 44 4S the right is not monolithic \u2014 Burke\u2019s moderate right (gradual change, rule of law, some welfare) vs far right (absolutist, ethnically exclusionary) \u2014 costs: strain on democratic norms, polarisation, ee i a ee<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">404-4 + = VAN AW Se ee the shift is a representation gap left by a converged centre, not a durable realignment plural parties remain vital for minority voice and healthy competition<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[72],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1423","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-politics-of-representation-and-participation","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2199,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1423\/revisions\/2199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}