ideology and parties

Question 1

green adam and milazzo divergence

Answer 1

1. end of the peace settlement (support of social welfare and keynesian economic policies)
2. 1983 - tatcher vs foot –> foot lead to a divergence towards the left
3. tatcher won and pushed through the right –> privatisation, increase of free markets role, decrease of trade union roles, increase on social program spending

Question 2

green adam milazzo convergance

Answer 2

1997: blair - new labour
1. moderate labour
2. vital centre
3. decrease of importance of ownership of mean of production: allow privitasation
4. budget spending of labour equal to conservatives

Question 3

freeden divergance

Answer 3

divergance due to the issues they were facing

1973: oil crisis, inflation, imf lan: british disease
1979: winter of discontent: wage gaps, strikes
1979: tatcherism: monetarism to decrease inflation, decrease of trade unions importance, rollback of state and public-sector reforms, individual and freedom central focus

Question 4

freeden: convergance:

Answer 4

1995 lecture on new labour
inspired by tatchers shift of viewing relations from state-citizens and provider-client, government as a way not to achieve social welfare but to be ruled more fairly
duty of humans to work –> government provides means to achieve the equal opportunity to all (competitors in worker market)

Question 5

bevir divergance

Answer 5

divergance due to: 1980 inflation, british economy under strict imf control
1979: tatcher –> new right: supply-side, marketisation, privatisation, effective labour market

Question 6

bevir convergance

Answer 6

convergance due to: new labour
1. interest rate control given to the central bank
2. supply-side more important than demand managment
privatisation (= decentralisation of the public sector) + marketisation
3. social justice –> create harmonious individauls able to comepte in the labour market