INTRO TO CONSERVATISM

Question 1

WHAT R THE ORIGINS OF TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM?

Answer 1

EMERGED AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY AS A REACTION TO RADICAL CHANGE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Question 2

WHY DID TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM EMERGE IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY?

Answer 2

THE IDEOLOGY STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF GRADUAL CHANGE AND SOUGHT TO RESIST RAPID ALRERATION TO SOCIETY BY PROMOTING TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS E.G THE CHURCH

Question 3

WHAT IS 1 NATION CONSERVATISM?

Answer 3

AIMS TO BRING THE RICH AND POOR TOGETHER AS A PRAGMATIC MEANS OF AVOIDING A WORKER’S REVOLT. INVOLVED INTRODUCING THE WELFARE SRARE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF THE POOR AND HEAD OFF UNREST - PATERNALISM