Component 1: Political Parties Flashcards
Right wing
supporting the status quo
– for little or no change.
Supporters of right-wing
parties (often known as
conservatives) stress
the importance of order,
stability, hierarchy and
private property
Left wing
desiring change, reform and
alteration to the way that
society operates, including
socialists, who are critical of
the capitalist or free-market
economy.
One nation
a paternalistic approach
adopted by Conservatives
under the leadership
of Benjamin Disraeli in
the 19th century – and
continued by David
Cameron and Theresa
May in the 21st century
– revolving around the
idea that the rich have an
obligation to help the poor.
New Right
an approach that
combined:
* the thinking of neoconservatives who
wanted the state to take
a more authoritarian
approach to morality and
law and order
* the thinking of neoliberals who endorsed
the free market and the
rolling back of the state
in people’s lives and
businesses.
Old Labour (social
democracy)
key Labour principles
embodying nationalisation,
redistribution of wealth
from rich to poor and the
provision of continually
improving welfare and state
services – an approach
which largely rejected
the more free market
approach associated with
Thatcherism or New Labour
New Labour (Third Way)
a revision of traditional
‘Old Labour’ values and
ideas, involving a shift in
emphasis from a heavy
focus on the working class
to a wider class base, and a
less robust alliance with the
trade unions.
Classical liberals
early liberals who believed
that individual freedom
would best be achieved
with the state playing a
minimal role.
Modern liberals
liberals who believe
that, under free-market
capitalism, many
individuals are not truly
free, and that the state
must help them in a more
active way.
Party systems
the way in which the
political parties in a
political system are
grouped and structured.
