How Labour and Democrats a similar

Question 1

Welfare and social justice

Answer 1

• Typically champion cause of social justice - state has positive role to play in society
• View system as unfair - with inequalities caused by processes that individuals don’t always have control over
• Provision of greater health care, access to education and benefits to help those most in need
• Labour - founder of NHS - long history of putting in place measures to reduce socio-economic inequality - New Labour - huge govt spending on healthcare
• Democrats supported ACA and food stamps (SNAP)

Question 2

Economic policy

Answer 2

• Favour an active role for govt - using economic policy to promote social justice
• Higher govt spending, especially on health, education and benefits
• Brown and Obama - attempted to stimulate economy and protect jobs through major increases in expenditure

Question 3

Moral and social policy

Answer 3

• Adopt a liberal approach to civil rights
• Labour Party created the Human Rights Act of 1998 - landmark law that provides legal protection of civil liberties
• Democrats crafted both the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act in the 1960s