Liberalism is about de jure: legal rights, liberties, division of government into powers. It ranges from the watch-dog state to the welfare state. Conservatism is about maintaining the economic, social, and political status quo. Sometimes they border on fascism. Radicalism? I don't know, that could be anything that isn't liberal or conservative. I take it most poli. sci. people would think it includes all sorts of things like Marxism, feminism, green politics.
Despite the supposed differences, I think most ideologies are the same with the socialists and anarchists being the most distinctive.
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