Political parties that are described as 'right-wing' often do not want change as they believe in traditional values. They favour capitalism so accept a greater divide between the rich and the poor. Right-wing views can be divided into moderate conservative views or extreme right-wing with fascist views.

There are 4 main beliefs that moderate right-wing or conservative political parties hold:

• ❖ Economically, they believe in capitalism and the private ownership of property, business and land. Taxes should be low.
• ❖ They tend to want political power to be in the hands of the upper classes.
• ❖ They want to keep society as it is and do not favour rapid change. They believe in more traditional family values and law and order.
• ❖ They believe in international competition in terms of trade and that their nation takes priority over others.

There are 5 main beliefs that extreme right-wing or fascist parties hold:

• ❖ Economically, they favour private ownership of business, property and land. However, the economy should be controlled to benefit the nation to make it strong.
• ❖ Politically, they want a strong centralised or authoritarian government often with one leader in the form of a dictator.
• ❖ Socially, they prefer traditional family values and law and order. They restrict people's freedoms and rights.
• ❖ The interests of the nation are greater than those of the individual.
• ❖ They are very nationalistic and often want to expand how much territory their country controls.