Traditional Conservatism Flashcards
1
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Emerged as
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Response to French Revolution
2
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Largely the work of…..
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- largely the work of Edmund Burke. Opposing revolutionary change and egalitarian ideas and theory.
3
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Emphasise
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Order, tradition, evidence and property.
Organic development of state and society
4
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Defends
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The elite rule and inequality
5
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They did actually support
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Moderate reform to stop revolution: emancipation and abolition of slavery; Peel-support for Great Reform Act 1832.