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socialist parties  

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  • Socialist and social-democratic parties are the main and the most electorally successful party family of the Left. The first socialist parties appeared in Europe during the last quarter of the 19th century as a result of the politicization of the class conflicts generated by the Industrial Revolution. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Socialist Parties]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QKKBB7LW-C

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