Finally, left-of-centre parties have been increasingly hampered by cultural cleavages relating to increasing ethnic heterogeneity, the free movement of labour and open migration systems, the rise of new forms of politicised and assertive religious radicalism, and an apparent conflict between "cosmopolitan" and "communitarian" interests.
Not long ago, there was a whole cottage industry around the notion of "Asian values," propagated by autocratic leaders in Southeast Asia, which supposedly pertains to Asian societies' preference for communitarian interests and order above individual freedom and civil liberties.
At the very least, communitarians posit an interest in identifying with familiar surroundings.
Individualistic (e.g., social libertarian) frameworks tend to prioritize individual autonomy against a set of communitarian frameworks that emphasize the interests of the broader population [ 19].
I have found mailing lists dominated by women to be much more interesting, collegial and communitarian".
But other societies relatively individualistic societies suffering from the undesirable social consequences of divorce and single-parent families or communitarian societies that justify sacrificing families in the interests of the workplace may need to rejuvenate family life and they may well look to Korean 'familism' for ideas.
Instead, from a place of fear, American churches have hoarded their wealth in the interest of longevity, acting as if a communitarian model wouldn't provide a compelling witness to the wider community, wouldn't bolster the faith of the wider community in the intentions of the church, and wouldn't, by the way, provide enough for everyone.
The Mohists presuppose a kind of communitarian system in which the fundamental concern is the interests of society as a whole, specifically social order (zhi), economic wealth, and a large population.
Communitarian conservatives need not deny that persons have a strong interest in autonomy regarding procreative decisions.
As with patient communities, the family unit is another sphere of community which creates, according to some communitarian theorists, inherent entanglements between its members, resulting in shared interests and obligations [ 14].
