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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other agencies. Exit polls are not infallible but are the best scientific ’snapshot’ we can get. A number of models have been devised to look at how voters behave and to study the long term and short term changes in voting patterns. Social Structures Model Issues: [pic] Class and the de alignment of class loyalty. [pic] Occupational Class Class has always been pre eminent in the study of voting patterns in the UK. Simply put: [pic] Working class
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after outcome of any political society. It is a mark of a productive and prosperous society where people enjoy a set of fundamental rights for e.g.:- right to free speech‚ fair trial‚ etc. On the other hand social responsibility towards others and oneself unites the community and increases social well-being. Various political philosophers have come up with different ways to prioritize one over the other and some have believed to strike a balance between the two. This leads to an interesting political
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conquer the bowers caused controversy among Brits‚ as well as the fact is was costly in both lives and money. Not only this‚ it however showed the needs for social reforms in Britain‚ bringing out the cracks in the government tried to hide. The Liberals used this to their advantage‚ by claiming that the conservatives were neglecting the social reforms‚ and Joseph Chamberline used this as a method to push his campaign for the tariff reform campaign‚ which divided the Conservatives. Many
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a) Explain why the liberal party achieved a landslide victory in the 1906 election (12 marks) There are several reasons why the liberals won the general election of 1906. The first being due to the changes in the social and political structure of the country. The three reform acts from 1832-1844/5 allowed more adult men to vote and by 1885 a majority of voters were working class. This meant that political partied needed to appeal to this group if they were to stand any chance of winning a general
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liberty for the groups campaigning for these goals." Dworkin states that such a definition is inadequate and goes on to elaborate on liberalism in more depth. The liberal‚ in economic policies‚ demands that the inequalities of wealth be reduced through social programs such as "welfare and other redistribution financed by a progressive tax." Liberals also take a Keynesian policy toward the governments stabilizing intervention in the economy‚ such as controlling inflation and unemployment. And liberals support
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only one of a handful of factors that influenced the government. As well as national security‚ the Government was also concerned over the national efficiency of the country. The new Labour party competed with the Liberals and promised the country social reforms‚ and in order for the Liberal Government to stay in power they had to offer similar reforms in order not to lose votes. Although‚ the simple change of attitudes within the Liberal party promoted the idea of municipal socialism and ultimately
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should work together? Often political parties sponsor NGOs‚ but is this sponsoring even acceptable? There are several arguments which we would like to consider. The credibility of NGOs as independent organizations and their ability to pursue their social interests are harmed by political sponsoring. The credibility of NGOs decreases‚ because more often than not‚ the interests of political parties are more important than the original agenda of the NGOs‚ due to (financial) sponsoring. The reason for
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liberalism veers away from this ideology by adding a new twist. Modern liberalism asserts that aside from ensuring economic and political security‚ it is also the government’s job to interfere with people’s day-to-day affairs in order to maintain social security. Modern liberalism‚ in effect‚ can be compared to socialism‚ because both of them assert that the government can effectively uplift its citizens not only by seizing control of the economy or private institutions‚ but also by keeping a close
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The main and basic argument of the article written by Tim Bale‚ Cinderella and Her Ugly Sisters: The Mainstream and Extreme Right in Europe’s Bipolarising Party Systems‚ is that the fragmentation and polarization of the Western European politics develops parallel to a trend that advances towards a two-bloc electoral competition. The author demonstrates and sustains this claim by providing the reader with three main hypothesis that the author Tim Bale progressively argues and verifies in order
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