NEW RIGHT CONSERVATISM Flashcards
1
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opinions on state intervention
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- in support of
- as fear that market forces could create gross inequality that could lead to revolution
2
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in the USA
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- laissez faire, individual freedom, property rights
- very liberal but blended with christian morality and patriotism
- spiralling inflation, unemployment, unsustainable welfare spending in 70s represented failure of trad con
- now lacked moral and formal authority plus struggled to resist socialism
3
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neoliberalism
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- wants to roll back the frontiers of the state to extend individual freedom and create free market economy
- all about freedom and economic growth
- reduced taxes, reduced gov spending
- war against dependany culture
- privatisation and deregulation
4
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neoconservatism
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- aims to restore authority
- values nations identity and judeo christianity
- tougher law and order, national defense, anti immigration and abortion etc
5
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neoconservatism
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- aims to restore authority
- values nations identity and judeo christianity
- tougher law and order, national defense, anti immigration and abortion etc