New Right Flashcards
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Summarise the key features of Neo-Conservatism in the UK and the USA
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- Traditional position on morality and lifestyle
- Authoritarian stance on law-and-order issues
- Heavy emphasis on national self-interest and patriotism
- Opposition to excessive immigration and cultural diversity
- Opposition to European political intergration
2
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Summarise Neo-Conservatism in the USA:
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- Strong religious elements to moral and social issues
- Insistence on protection for US industry from foreign competition
3
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Neo-liberalism in the UK and USA
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- Restoration of free labour, product and financial markets wherever possible
- minimal state regulation in commerce, economy and industry
- Minimum taxation especially income and corporate taxes
- Belief that welfare is a distinctive to work and enterprise
- Support free market in Europe
4
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Neo-Liberalism in the USA
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Preference for power to be reserved for individual states, not federal government
