Social-Developmentalism
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
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In one sentence
I want growth that shares income, with rising minimum wages, credit and public banks, broad alliances and the market kept in place.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Free market
- Balanced
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward multiculturalism than 71% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 50This ideology 29
Of all the topics, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Technology
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 59
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Lula da Silva
A Brazilian statesman, Lula rose from union activism to Brazil's presidency, leading the left with social programs, anti-poverty policies, and a development project with a strong state presence.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyKalevi SorsaFinnish prime minister98%
SociallyAndy BurnhamPrime Minister of the United Kingdom98%
EconomicallyGeorge OrwellWriter100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsNelson MandelaStatesman97%
PoliticsEnrico BerlinguerItalian communist leader97%
PoliticsNéstor KirchnerPresident of Argentina97%
EconomicsCelso FurtadoEconomist96%
PoliticsCyril RamaphosaPresident of South Africa96%
Political theoryAmílcar CabralAnticolonial leader and revolutionary theorist96%
EconomicsLuiz Carlos Bresser-PereiraEconomist95%
PoliticsTage ErlanderSwedish prime minister95%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Brazil
Social-developmentalist republicThe largest country in Latin America, Brazil is a democratic presidential federal republic with a mixed economy, broad social policies, and strong regional, cultural, and political diversity that shapes its electoral disputes.
Other close countries
Mexico
Popular-integrationist republicA presidential federal republic in North America, Mexico unites electoral democracy, a market economy integrated with the United States, and persistent challenges of inequality, corruption, and drug-related violence.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySouth AfricaIndustrial-unequal republic94%
SociallyIllinois (United States)Metropolitan-union region95%
EconomicallyChongqing (China)Industrial dirigiste municipality99%
The most distant
Allende's Chile
1970–1973Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–194091%
SociallyWeimar Republic1919–193388%
EconomicallyFree Territory (Makhnovshchina)1918–1921100%
The most distant
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