The New Right

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  • Created by: kmules15
  • Created on: 10-01-22 13:57
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  • The New Right
    • Mid-70s
      • Founded on two ideological traditions
        • Neo-liberalism - committed to free market econ, minimal state, indiv. freedom and responsibility
        • Neo-conservatism - committed to order, traditional values and public morality
    • Contains radical, traditional and reactionary elements
      • Abandon govt interventionism in econ/soc affairs
      • Stress the benefits of traditional values
      • View 1800s as mythical age of economic liberty + moral responsibility
    • mid-70s- govt use orthodox interventionist policies
      • unable to combat 'stagflation'
      • New Right influenced UK + USA
        • Became associated with Reagan and Thatcher
          • New Right POV = 'Reaganism' and 'Thatcherism'

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