Christian Democratic Party (Chile)

...However, the party's power gradually weakened due to rising inflation and the 1948 policy of outlawing the Communist Party, and by the end of the 1950s, Chile's political balance had changed dramatically. Three major political forces were formed and established: the old conservative ruling class (Conservative Party, Liberal Party), such as large capitalist and financial capitalist groups and large landowners who advocated a laissez-faire capitalist economy; the middle class, such as managers of small and medium-sized capitalists, landowners, and civil servants who advocated a modified capitalist and mixed economy (Christian Democratic Party); and the workers and peasants who aspired to socialism (Socialist Party, Communist Party). From then on, Chilean politics developed into a three-way feud between these political forces. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Christian Democratic Party (Chile)" is listed below.

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…しかし，同党はインフレの進行，1948年の共産党非合法化策などで，しだいに力を弱めていき，50年代末に至ってチリの政治勢力図は大きく変化する。自由放任資本主義経済を主張する大資本･金融資本グループや大地主など，旧来の保守的支配層(保守党，自由党)，修正資本主義･混合経済を主張する中小資本の経営者，地主，公務員などの中間層(キリスト教民主党)，社会主義を志向する労働者･農民層(社会党，共産党)という三大政治勢力が形成され，定着した。以後チリの政治はこれらの政治勢力の三つどもえの確執として展開した。…

※「キリスト教民主党（チリ）」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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