conservative party Flashcards
Q- CONSERVATISM
A: POLITICAL IDEOLOGY SEEKS TO PRESERVE TRADITIONAL VALUES< PRACTICES AND ORGANISED RELIGION, WHILST ALSO FAVOURING FREE ENTERPRISE & PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. IT EMPHASISES GRADUAL CHANGE RATHER THAN RADICAL REFORM AND AN ORGANIC SOCIETY
Q - ONE NATION (WETS)
A: DEVELOPED FROM TRAD CONSERVATISM ORIGINALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BENJAMIN DISRAELI< A PHILOSOPHY THAT SOUGHT TO BRIDGE RICH-POOR GAP AND THAT THE NATURAL LEADERS OF SOCIETY ACCEPTING THE OBLIGATION TO ACT BENEVOLENTLY TOWARDS THE NEEDY - PATERNALIST CONSERVATISM
Q - THATCHERISM (DRIES)
A: LINKED INTELLECTUALLY WITH THE RISE OF NEW RIGHT THAT SOUGHT TO EDUCE STATE INTERVENTION IN ECONOMY WITH FREE MARKETS AND INDIVIDUALISM WHILST RESTORING ORDER TO SOCIETY IN THE FACE OF LEFTIST GROUPS
Q - WETS
A: COLLOQUIALLY MEANT WEAK< INEFFECTIVE OR INEPT<, USED BY THATCHERITES WHO THOUGHT PEOPLE OR POLICIES WERE WEAK
Q - DRIES
A: UNWILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH UNIONS AND TRADITIONAL SOCIAL POLICIES AND HARDLINE, ADVOCATING FOR DRASTIC CCUCTS AND FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES
Q - NEW RIGHT
A: A COMBINED IDEOLOGY OF NEO-LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE IDEAS< BEING ECONOMICALLY LIBERTARIAN AND SOCIALLY AUTHORITARIAN