Nick Bennett AP US “Factions” DBQ After the American Revolution America struggled in ideas, compensation in debt, and compromising of ideas. The differences that many expressed made the division of government into two political parties inevitable. President George Washington warned that creating political parties would divide the American people apart. Despite his warning, two political parties arose from the different opinions expressed throughout politics. Hamilton and Jefferson’s plans differed opinionated, economically, and politically.
Discuss the view that the limits on the Prime Minister are too few and too ineffective (28 marks) It can be debated that the limits on the Prime Minister (PM) are too few and ineffective. However, I disagree with this view. David Cameron, the current PM of the United Kingdom, is arguably limited by the evolution of a Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government. For example, Cameron is forced to consult ministers under the joint government or face backlash and in extreme conditions, ultimate rejection from ministers within both of the political parties. This shows that the PM, whether he feels that it is necessary or not, must ask advice of his cabinet ministers and especially of those who are Liberal Democrats in order to prevent unfairness in the cabinet.
During the 1970s the main issue of contention was the Vietnam war. Neoconservatives believed that America should oppose Communism wherever it took root. They believed that Communism had to be countered because it was immoral as well as a threat to the national security of the United States. They were more than happy to side with Ronald Reagan's administration when he referred to Communism as, an "evil empire" (Muravchik, 2007). During this era, the political stance of conservatives on the other side of the spectrum was evident in the actions taken by then Presidents Richard
The Conservative Party, in contrast, favours broader cuts in government spending, including a freeze on public sector pay increases and a 5 percent cut in salaries for government ministers. It also favours cuts in Britain’s corporation tax. The Conservative Party’s position calls for allowing parents, charities and private firms to create their own schools as a means to increasing the variety of schools from which parents can choose. Labour, meanwhile, proposes allowing parents to use mergers and takeovers to place new management teams in failing schools. Also the Conservatives support reforming Britain’s national curriculum and increasing education funding for disadvantaged children.
The current government is a coalition and this is a governing body formed by multiple parties who must compromise on principles. The current parties in the coalition in the UK right now are labour and conservative and these both have different beliefs but they have to work together to make sure everything is running smoothly and sometimes this means they will have to agree to disagree on certain things. There is a big difference between both parties as labour don’t really look beyond the short term effects in something and will do something because it seems right at the time without looking at what damage it will have in the future, however conservative do look at the long term and because of this they are not as ‘laid back’ as the labour party as they don’t do things as freely as labour. However because of this, the labour seem to be more in touch with the average person, whereas because the conservative are mainly made up of private mp’s they don’t really have an idea about the average working class person. As the conservative now have a say in the policies, a lot more people now have to become
The New Right believe that state benefits should be cut and social policy targeted to discourage family diversity and promote marriage and the nuclear family. Robert Chester (1985) recognises that there has been some increased family diversity in recent years. However, unlike the New Right he does not regard this as very significant, nor does he see it in a negative light. He argues that the only important change is a more from the dominance of the traditional or conventional nuclear family, to what he
Do you agree with the view that Thatcherism was a radical break with the past which ended post-war consensus in Britain? Post war consensus was policies laid down by Attlee's government(1945-51) that were followed by successive successive Labour and Conservative governments for the next 35 years, until Thatcher began to challenge it. The Conservative and Labour government's policies were based on Keynesianism, the Beveridge Report, the principle of independence of former British colonies and the notion of creating equal opportunity for all. However Thatcher, a conviction politician, began to challenge this consensus after the Conservative election win in 1979 and her time in office became known as the 'Thatcher revolution', the second revolution since Attlee's government. Thatcherism did not end the 35 year long post war consensus in Britain, especially in foreign affairs.
Defining political systems is a difficult thing to do as no single system is completely the same at all times, they tend to change depending on things like war and trends in administration, such as the recent rebellion in ‘liberal democracies’ means that the classifications of systems changes over time. The British Westminster system is technically considered to be a ‘liberal democracy’ however in World War II there were several powers performed by the government that do not fit within the context of this system. For example, control was exercised over the media and labour and elections were put off. These powers were used as a result of the emergency situation,with what appeared to be the support of the people. Once the war was over, the situation went back to the way that it was during the “pre-war” era.
‘Constitutional reform since 1997 has not gone far enough.’ Discuss. Constitutional reform is defined as a process where the fundamental nature of the system of government is changed. Since 1997, in particular under the Blair administration, many significant constitutional reforms have taken place. These reforms include the House of Lords reform, the reform of the judiciary, devolution of power in the UK and reforms regarding authority of the EU and the effects of these reforms upon the government vary. These constitutional reforms were proposed to improve democracy and the legitimacy of the governments in the UK however there has been a sense that these reforms have occurred with no real end goal therefore it makes it difficult to consider how effective they will be and if they would even make a difference due to the political framework of the UK.
The reason why this role is taken away from governments is that they are obstacles to a nation’s development because they are inefficient and corrupt systems. A trend towards Neoliberalism began as early as the 1970s as a direct attack on the Keynesian ideology. The ideology came to the forefront of politics when both Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher and President of the United States, Ronald Reagan implemented Neo-Liberal policies. While the practice of Neoliberalism can be seen in many countries, like other ideologies it is not without flaws; however, these flaws greatly outweigh the positives that occur through its practice. Therefore, Neoliberalism is an ineffective Pro-Market approach to development that contributes to inequality and causes more harm than good for both the global south and north.