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Hindutva
RSS · 1925– · India · Ethnic Nationalist · Movement · coding confidence high
Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →
Core principles
India as the homeland of a Hindu civilisational nation; cultural nationalism defining who genuinely belongs.
Economic model
Historically swadeshi self-reliance; in practice now pro-business with large welfare transfers.
Organisation of powers
A disciplined cadre organisation outside electoral politics, supplying personnel and doctrine to parties and civic bodies.
Reading note
An ideology rather than a party, which is why it is coded separately from the party that carries it into government.
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EC · Economic organisation · scored +03
Coded +3: swadeshi self-reliance in doctrine, pro-business in practice.
- Programme textThe Swadeshi Jagran Manch continues to oppose foreign retail entry from within the movement.
CU · Social and cultural order · scored +09
Coded +9: a Hindu civilisational nation as the organising claim.
- Programme textSavarkar's Hindutva (1923) defines the nation by holy land and fatherland coinciding.
AU · Organisation of power · scored +06
Coded +6: a disciplined cadre organisation outside electoral politics.
- Documented act or statuteThe RSS supplies personnel and doctrine to parties and civic bodies without contesting elections itself.
SC · Scale of decision · scored +06
Coded +6: a unitary national culture against regional and linguistic particularism.
- Programme textHindi promotion and a uniform civil code are long-standing commitments.
ID · Rule of membership · scored +09
Coded +9: membership defined by whether the holy land coincides with the fatherland.
- Programme textSavarkar's criterion excludes Muslims and Christians by construction.
CH · Method and tempo · scored 00
Coded at zero: cultural transformation over generations rather than seizure.
- Programme textThe organisation's stated method is daily shakha training rather than political action.
Nearest organisations by measured distance
Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.
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