Talk:Localism (politics)

message: This article survived an Articles for Deletion debate. The discussion can be found here. -Splashtalk 02:39, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Articles for Deletion debate

message: in the article on left wing politics there is a list of varietys of left wing politics, the article claims this is a left wing ideology but I'm not to sure, does anyone have any concrete reasons why it is.
I think it's Right Wing, it's very similar to National Socialism which is obviously Right Wing.
--RabbidRabbis 04:15, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Not all right-wing ideologies are individualistic; in fact, very few are outside of the US and the Anglosphere.  Most right-wing ideologies (conservatisms) are very collectivist, conformist, authoritarian, and for a strong centralist national government.  What the U.S. right-wing movements (i.e. conservatism and libertarianism) have in common with right-wingers from other countries is the defense of the strong & powerful (rich: corporations, aristocrats, etc.) against the weak & powerless (poor: workers, consumers, etc.); in addition, U.S. conservatives place an emphasis on religion, tradition, strong national defense, tough punishment for crime. About the only times they put an emphasis on the "local" in economics is when it comes to taxes & regulations on business, or to the "us" vs. "them" attitude when local rubes feel threatened by state or federal plans to build something in "their" neck of the woods. When it comes to culture, however, U.S. right-wingers almost always act to "defend" small-town or "country" values against cosmopolitan "city-slickers".173.16.124.196 (talk) 00:03, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Left Wing?

message: According to an article in the Socialist Workers Party's Journal, "International Socialism" Localism is defined thus:
"an idea widespread inside large parts of the
environmental movement. The thrust of [which] is to seek an answer to the problems created by globalisation in the
existence of an internationalised economy as such rather than in capitalism as a specific mode of production. The remedy is sought in calls to minimise international trade and to seek to establish economies based on ‘local’ self-sufficiency only."Feedback: Transport and climate change—a reply to James Woodcock
According to George Monbiot writing in The Gaurdian:
"localisation", (which he implies is the policy advocated by Localism) is "the proposal that everything which can be produced locally should be produced locally"
The myth of localism
According to Alan Milburn Labour Party MP localism is
"making services more locally accountable, devolving more power to local communities and, in the process, forging a modern relationship between the state, citizens and services"The need for a new settlement
--JK the unwise 12:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Different definition 

message: I have given this article a bit of a beating. I have tryed to make it reflect the fact that there is no homoginous political philosophy called "Localism" rather that there are varrious differnt types of "Localism". I have provided some more ref's to give a flavour of the differnt views of Localism and I have ripped out most of the POV oringal reasarch. I have removed the reference to the Telegrath article on African corroption as it is not diffectly about Localism. Hope you pple think that I have improved the article. --JK the unwise 13:48, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hopefully this can become a good article. In my overhaul I didn't whant to be too harsh so i left in a few unsourced claims. However, re-reading the article some of these appear to me to be quite contencious, notably "Some Localists are also against the idea of offering refugee status" and "Some Localists are against political intervention and peace keeping measures". Feel free to remove these sections if desire so takes you (or alt' find sources for them).--JK the unwise 13:09, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overhaul 

message: Localism (activism) is about Localism as a political practice and as such should be merged with this article. Neither article are particulary big. Also it would give help this article show the divergent politics of localism.--JK the unwise 09:34, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge Localism (activism) 

message: I see no evidence that "localism" has anything in particular to do with Christian Democracy, why should the template go here?--JK the unwise 17:01, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Christian Democracy? 

message: Editors interested in this topic might like to take part in peer review on a new version of Global justice I've been working on. Cheers, --Sam Clark 11:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer review request

message: The whole section on localism in Thailand is so POV that I think it should be deleted. Any objections?Makerowner 17:33, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Localism in Thailand 

message: King Bhumipol's Sufficiency Economy ideology is not a self-sufficiency one.
It did not totally reject globalization. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.136.73.107 (talk) 04:03, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sufficiency Economy is not Self-Sufficiency Economy 

message: The whole section was edited by , who is obviously a Thaksin supporter. He also has an axe to grind with King Bhumibol. All of his edits praise Thaksin's policy while comdemning the King and his theory in every aspect. I've never seen such biased POV edits before in Wikipedia. It should be critically reviewed, otherwise it will become Thaksin's propaganda page.
Sadly, people who understand self-sufficiency philosophy well enough is Thai people. Worse yet, perhaps no Thai people truly understand the real meaning of the King's idea. People have their own interpretation while the government uses it to promote their own agenda. I've found the UNDP report on sufficiency economy written by Chris Baker here. We should use it as the primary source to correct all those slanderous claims. - DTRY 11:52, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a matter of whether the philosophy has been proven or not, but whether we are telling the facts, and being NPOV. I think I'm going to RfD this. 203.155.58.254 05:58, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Localism in Thailand is extremely biased. 

message: Whatever a self-sufficiency economy is, it is not clearly defined in the text here and yet is being redirected from an article title to that effect.  The whole section on Thailand is distracting to the concept of localism and is not clearly written.  I think the Thai section and the redirect from Self-Sufficient economies should be removed.  I'm not clear what a SS economy is, but I am clear on what what the idea of localism is.  Maybe localism is a part of that economic theory, but they are not one and the same.
--Ryandwayne 15:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Localism is not a Self-Sufficiency Economy

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message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I just added in a sub-section named "Localism and Populism" in the Political philosophy section. I want to bring in some information about the correlation of localism and populism (which has not discussed on the page). I hope you enjoy this article and you might able to help me shape it better.
Cheers.—Leungyuhi (talk) 15:36, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Localism and Populism 

message: Both are mainly defined as pro-local/pro-community in the governmental, cultural, and economic senses. I've added communitarianism as a related concept and to the sidebar, though I think it likely that they are the exact same ideologies beyond minor historical differences in case usage. It may be worth considering a merger of some form. Darkmagine (talk) 17:52, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Localism and Communitarianism are pretty much the same ideology