New Right Conservatism

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Cards (21)

  • What came as part of the New Right Movement?
    Thatcherism
  • The term ‘New Right’ was used to describe a set of political values and ideas, largely emerging in the USA in the 1970s and 1980s, which were adopted by many conservatives throughout the developed world.
  • What was the New Right a reaction against?
    • Socialist ideas gaining ground in Europe, Asia and South America
    • Traditional conservative values that were seen as too weak to deal with contemporary economic and social policies.
  • The movement can be divided into two different aspects:
    • neo liberalism
    • neo conservatism
  • Thatcherism argued for the importance of individual need over society
  • Thatcherism proposed a small state where the role of government and state intervention is reduced
  • Thatcherism supported self reliance
  • Thatcherism endorsed business deregulation and industry privatisation
  • Thatcherism supported reduced trade union powers
  • Thatcherism placed importance on national sovereignty
  • Thatcherism supported few taxes and making the welfare state smaller by limiting benefits
  • Thatcherism has a more assertive and dogmatic (uncompromising on principles) approach
  • By the 1970s, the effectiveness of one-nation conservatism was being undermined by large-scale industrial unrest. Trade unions were increasingly demanding higher wages for their workers, challenging the principle that a Conservative government could successfully unite all sections of society.