NEW RIGHT CONSERVATISM

Question 1

What are the 3 main evolutions of new right conservatism

Answer 1

Evolution in the USA

Crisis of traditional conservatism

Two dimensional doctrine - neo conservatism/liberalism

Question 2

In the USA new right conservatives placed more emphasis on

Answer 2

Individual freedom, laissez-faire capitalism, private property and minimal government

Question 3

What did new right conservatism in the USA reflect

Answer 3

The communities that emerged organically after the discovery of the new world

Question 4

Many new right traditions were what

Answer 4

Liberal but blended with other which were more conservative

Question 5

New right in the USA was a mix of what

Answer 5

classical liberalism and social conservatism

Question 6

Who started to copy the USA new right model after the 1970’s

Answer 6

Europe began to favour this model

Question 7

What was happening before the start of new right conservatism

Answer 7

Spiralling inflation, Unemployment, unsustainable welfare spending, Trade union militancy

Question 8

What did the economic problems represent for new right conservatives

Answer 8

It represented an indictment of traditional conservatism who were complicit of a declining economy

Question 9

What was Traditional conservatism struggling to resist

Answer 9

Struggled to resist socialism in UK with labour and communism as seen in soviet union

Question 10

What was traditional conservatism nedding

Answer 10

New interpretation and new conservative policies

Question 11

What is new right conservatism a link between

Answer 11

Neo- liberalism and neo-conservatism

Question 12

New right is conservatively what and liberally what

Answer 12

Conservatively social and liberally economically

Question 13

Neo-Liberalism’s aims

Answer 13

Extend individual freedom by rolling back the frontiers of the states

Tax cuts, tighter gov spending, end to dependency culture

Question 14

Neo-conservatisms aims

Answer 14

Restoration of authority, national identity and society informed by judaeo-christian morality

Tougher approach on law and order, less tolerant of social policies and immigration

Question 15

differences in neo-conservatism versus neo-liberalism over state

Answer 15

Neo liberals wish to roll back the frontiers of the state (privatisation)

Neoconservatives wish to roll forward (restrictions on trade unions)

Question 16

Differences in neoconservatism and neoliberalism over freedom

Answer 16

Liberal - advance individual liberty - (tax cuts)

Conservative - prepared to restrict freedom - (extension of stop and search powers)

Question 17

Neo-liberalism/conservatism differences over immigration

Answer 17

Liberal - relaxed about immigration

Conservative - Much more wary

Question 18

Example of neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism being complementary over human nature

Answer 18

Neoliberals with optimistic view of human nature fails to anticipate tensions arising from free-market capitalism, therefore requires a strong state to back them up

Question 19

Example of neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism being complementary over State

Answer 19

Neoconservatives wish to strengthen the state by reinforcing police, this requires funding - neoliberals claim this is easier when spending is reduced in other areas

Question 20

Example of neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism being complementary over taxes

Answer 20

To achieve low taxation needs to reduce state welfare so restoration of traditional morality and end to permissive society should lead to restoration of family traditional values