CONSERVATISM AND THE STATE

Question 1

what are the 4 features of a conservative state

Answer 1

Order and authority

Organic

Ruling class

The nation-state

Question 2

What do they see the state having

Answer 2

A disciplinary function to provide order, security and authority

Question 3

Without order in the state what would happen

Answer 3

There would be no liberty as there is no order without laws, therefore for conservatives the state predates society

Question 4

Conservatives believe what about individual rights

Answer 4

There would be no individual rights without law and order

Question 5

What state would conservatives prefer

Answer 5

One that emerges organically - a pragmatic response to humanity’s needs - doesnt need a codifed constitution

Question 6

Conservatives believe what about a ruling class in the state

Answer 6

More comfortable with a state that is overtly hierarchical, reflecting the elitist society they endorse

Question 7

From the mid 19th century to mid 20th century conservative tended to focus on what

Answer 7

A state based on nationhood

Question 8

What did new-right conservatives want for the nation-state

Answer 8

Belief in strengthening the nation-state by “rolling back the frontiers of the state”