02) - Explain why the Conservative Party won the General Election of 1959 – (12 marks) WW2 made a huge dent in Britain’s economic capability in terms of international trade and the fact that half of our factories had been converted to build military equipment. Not long before the General Election the economy had begun to pick up. At the time Labour was a significantly divided party with the Gaitskillites and the Bevanites meaning some support of voters was lost through lack of assurance that the
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Prof David Marquand’s curriculum vitae is discouraging – Labour MP for 11 years under Harold Wilson‚ and later an adviser to the European Commission. Later still he became a founder member of the Social Democratic Party. He started his academic career as a politics lecturer at Sussex University. Yet Marquand has overcome these disadvantages and become one of the most original political thinkers of his generation. He has a gift for bringing political arguments to life and – unique among Left-wing
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Milly Massy 6I3 04.03.14 Do you agree with the view that Disraeli’s support for the 1867 Reform Act was motivated mainly by personal ambition? (Written in timed conditions) Despite the fact that Disraeli’s motives in supporting the 1867 reform act are often disputed‚ both sources 8 and 9 assert that Disraeli’s main objective was to discredit his opponents and in doing so bolster his own reputation. In contradictions‚ sources 7 supports the idea that he was instead motivated by a desire to educate
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Liberals believe in government action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all. It is the duty of the government to alleviate social ills and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. Believe the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the government to solve problems. Conservatives believe in personal responsibility‚ limited government‚ free markets‚ individual liberty‚ traditional American
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What are liberals and conservative philosophies? These two philosophies are how our political parties are based on. The Democratic party takes a more liberal ideology. While‚ the Republican party takes a more conservative stand. So which philosophy is the best? Liberal and conservative have a essential ideology which they base their beliefs. Liberal believe that government should act in our daily lives to achieve equal opportunities and equality for all. In the other hand‚ conservative belies in
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Democracy Verses Dictatorship. There are many groups of people in the world who stay in different countries‚ who have to work together. A leader will make decisions on behalf of the group. On the condition that most people obey their leader‚ he or she should have the support of many people in the group. Well-liked individuals within a group can influence many ordinary people to vote or support the person they want for a leader. These popular individuals can group together to form pressure groups
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Welfare In this discussion we were suppose to side with either the Conservative side or the Moderate side. The Conservative side had points about the welfare which best described my opinion about welfare. One the other hand the moderate view also had several points to the welfare reform. The welfare issue in the U.S. can not be handled in a similar way for everyone. There are certain cases and situations which show that welfare shouldn’t be handled in the same way for everyone. Their should be
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To what extent has the conservative party abandoned Thatcherism? (25 marks) The conservative party accepts that a degree of state intervention to create more social justice can be justified. This may involve welfare‚ but also intervention in family situations‚ in education and through social services in general. There is a sense that we are responsible for the welfare of those less fortunate than ourselves. Thatcherism suggested that we are responsible for ourselves as long as we have the capability
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How does liberal ideology promote and succeeds Democratic Peace within the state and other liberal states? There are different aspects that can prove democratic peace as a product of liberalism. The author states the definition of democracy as always changing over time. The first focused point covered throughout this article is that liberal states prevent war within one another but can start war with a conservative state. Second‚ liberal states will help states that are conforming into liberal states
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