Solidarism or solidarist can refer to: * The term " solidarism" is applied to the sociopolitical thought advanced by

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based on ideas by the sociologist

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which is loosely applied to a leading social philosophy operative during and within the French Third Republic before the

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. * The Christian Solidarism of Heinrich Pesch (1854–1926), which became substantially influential on

Catholic social teaching Catholic social teaching (CST) is an area of Catholic doctrine which is concerned with human dignity and the common good in society. It addresses oppression, the role of the state, subsidiarity, social organization, social justice, and w ...

, from the Papal Encyclical

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and beyond. * The Swedish system of labor arrangement in which labor unions and capitalists jointly set wages below market clearing levels. From this arrangement, labor receives

full employment Full employment is an economic situation in which there is no cyclical or deficient-demand unemployment. Full employment does not entail the disappearance of all unemployment, as other kinds of unemployment, namely structural and frictional, may ...

and wage leveling, while capitalists pay less for labor, and do not have to worry about their employees being "poached" by firms who can offer more. This arrangement is traditionally enforced through employer organizations. * New name used by

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to refer to his post-war interpretation of

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and its economics. * A political and economic model developed by

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and laid out in his 1903 book. * Among the

French far-right French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

, solidarism refers to a tendency which was headed by Jean-Pierre Stirbois and Michel Collinot ( French Solidarist Movement). Solidarists support a non-capitalist, non-communist "

third position The Third Position is a set of neo-fascist political ideologies that were first described in Western Europe following the Second World War. Developed in the context of the Cold War, it developed its name through the claim that it represented ...

", and are generally opponents of the influence of both the Soviet Union and the United States. It was recently an influence upon the Radical Network. National Front member Roger Holeindre claimed to follow this tendency. * An element within the

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in Russia opposed to communism and seeking a Christian alternative to collectivism was called the

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. * The name of the social philosophy to which

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, author of the American utopian novel

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, adhered, and which Bellamy sometimes referenced as the Religion of Solidarity. * A member of the

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, a minor

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party in the United States, is often referred to as a "Solidarist". * In

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, the

far-right Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...

Verdinaso Verdinaso (''Verbond van Dietsche Nationaal-Solidaristen'', ), sometimes rendered as Dinaso, was a small fascist political movement active in Belgium and, to a lesser extent, the Netherlands between 1931 and 1941. Verdinaso was founded by Jori ...

, which desired the unification of the

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into one state, referred to itself as "National-Solidarist".

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