יש להשלים ערך זה: בערך זה חסר תוכן מהותי. ייתכן שתמצאו פירוט בדף השיחה.
בדרך כלל כאשר אדם או גורם כלשהו משתייך לצד הימני של המפה הפוליטית הוא נוהג לתמוך במפלגה או במערכת פוליטית הדוגלת ביוזמה חופשית, בעלות פרטית, ואשר לרוב תומכת בעמדות מסורתיות מבחינה חברתית.[10]
הימין כולל הן אנשים אשר שמרנים מבחינה חברתית (אנ') והן אנשים שתומכים בשמרנות פיסקלית, בעוד שבדרך כלל רק מיעוט מתנועות הימין, כגון פשיסטים, נוטים להיות אנטי-קפיטליסטיים.[11][12][13] הימין כולל גם קבוצות מסוימות אשר נוטים לתמוך בליברליזם על אף שהם תומכים בשמרנות פיסקלית, למשל ליברטריאנים ימניים (אנ').
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Bobbio, Norberto; Cameron, Allan (1996). Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp.51, 62. ISBN978-0-226-06246-4.
Smith, T. Alexander and Raymond Tatalovich. Cultures at War: Moral Conflicts in Western Democracies (Toronto, Canada: Broadview Press, Ltd., 2003) p. 30. "That viewpoint is held by contemporary sociologists, for whom 'right-wing movements' are conceptualized as 'social movements whose stated goals are to maintain structures of order, status, honor, or traditional social differences or values' as compared to left-wing movements which seek 'greater equality or political participation.'
Gidron, N; Ziblatt, D. (2019). "Center-right political parties in advanced democracies 2019"(PDF). Annual Review of Political Science. 22: 23. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-090717-092750. Defining the right by its adherence to the status quo is closely associated with a definition of the right as a defense of inequality (Bobbio 1996, Jost 2009, Luna & Kaltwasser 2014). As noted by Jost (2009), within the context of Western political development, opposition to change is often synonymous with support for inequality. Notwithstanding its prominence in the literature, we are hesitant to adopt this definition of the right since it requires the researcher to interpret ideological claims according to an abstract understanding of equality. For instance, Noel & Therien (2008) argue that right-wing opposition to affirmative action speaks in the name of equality and rejects positive discrimination based on demographic factors. From this perspective, the right is not inegalitarian but is “differently egalitarian” (Noel & Therien 2008, p. 18).
Scruton, Roger "A Dictionary of Political Thought" "Defined by contrast to (or perhaps more accurately conflict with) the left the term right does not even have the respectability of a history. As now used it denotes several connected and also conflicting ideas (including) 1)conservative, and perhaps authoritarian, doctrines concerning the nature of civil society, with emphasis on custom, tradition, and allegiance as social bonds ... 8) belief in free enterprise free markets and a capitalist economy as the only mode of production compatible with human freedom and suited to the temporary nature of human aspirations ..." pp. 281–2, Macmillan, 1996
Goldthorpe, J.E. (1985). An Introduction to Sociology (3rded.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p.156. ISBN978-0-521-24545-6. There are ... those who accept inequality as natural, normal, and even desirable. Two main lines of thought converge on the Right or conservative side...the truly Conservative view is that there is a natural hierarchy of skills and talents in which some people are born leaders, whether by heredity or family tradition. ... now ... the more usual right-wing view, which may be called 'liberal-conservative', is that unequal rewards are right and desirable so long as the competition for wealth and power is a fair one.