Anti-Revolutionary Party

Anti-Revolutionary Party
Anti-Revolutionaire Partij
AbbreviationARP
FounderAbraham Kuyper
Founded3 April 1879 (1879-04-03)
Dissolved27 September 1980 (1980-09-27)
Merged intoChristian Democratic Appeal
HeadquartersKuyperhuis
Dr. Kuyperstraat 3
The Hague
Youth wingAnti-Revolutionary Youth Study Clubs[1]
Think tankDr. A. Kuyper-stichting
IdeologyChristian democracy[2]
Political positionCentre-right[3][4]
ReligionReformed Churches in the Netherlands
Dutch Reformed Church
European affiliationEuropean Union of Christian Democrats
European Parliament groupChristian Democratic Group
ColoursBlue and purple

The Anti-Revolutionary Party (Dutch: Anti-Revolutionaire Partij, ARP) was a Protestant conservative and Christian democratic[5] political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper, a neo-Calvinist theologian and minister. In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).

  1. ^ "Anti-Revolutionaire Jongerenstudieclubs (ARJOS)". Parlement.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ Andeweg, R. and G. Irwin Politics and Governance in the Netherlands, Basingstoke (Palgrave) p.49
  3. ^ Josep M. Colomer (2008). Comparative European Politics. Taylor & Francis. p. 221f. ISBN 978-0-203-94609-1. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  4. ^ Score 4.0/10 in 2003 Chapel Hill expert survey, see Hooghe et al. (2003) Chapel Hill Survey
  5. ^ Peter Starke; Alexandra Kaasch; Franca Van Hooren (2013). The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-137-31484-0.