The rise of the Labour party was a crucial factor for the drive of reform for the Liberal party. The new Labour Party promised social reform and the Liberals were worried about losing votes. Reform could therefore be seen as a rather selfish, political advantageous response to political change. Since 1884, most working class men had the vote and the Liberals wanted to attract those votes. So therefore it was for their own political advantage of the Liberal government to offer social reform, even if they did not fully believe in the principle of government intervention in people’s everyday lives.
It is evident the the role of government is becoming more important because society is depending on the government to solve the lasting problems of the economy, in politics, and social reforms. Franklin D. Roosevelt was confident that the New Deal program would fix these issues but many Americans including Herbert Hoover and Huey Long questioned the role of government and offered their own conjecture about the New Deal. The New Deal is aimed to stimulate the industrial recovery, to assist the victims of the Depression, to raise the quality of life standards and further to prevent future
The political orientation of the researchers was liberal, and the research method was the mapping of social inequalities in educational outcomes using quantitative techniques to measure social mobility. Such an approach was 'liberal' in that inequality was opposed but its source was not, unlike the Marxists, located in the social structure. Modern societies were seen as inherently progressive and it was only archaic elements, such as class, that inhibits progress. Modification of these difficulties would produce restructure. The difficulty with this approach, as it later became clear, was that the problems identified by liberal sociologists set many educators to work in opposition to working class cultural practices.
President Hoover was actually more liberal than many believed as he tried to provide some assistance but the problem was most assistance did not reach the people who needed it most. President FDR, however, was liberal because he did try to help Americans in need, but might have been conservative because he could have spent more money to help the Great Depression sooner. President Hoover was actually more liberal than many believed as he tried to provide some assistance but the problem was that it did not get to the people that needed it. In Document A, Hoover aspired to help America, but controlling could ruin liberalism for America. Hoover helped but to a certain point that was to protect America’s individual liberalism.
They were also willing to give rights to the newly developed middle class. Their Leader, Lord Grey was an aristocrat who believed in practical reforms to pacify the angry radicals. A political problem was the death of King George IV was also a big factor. His death gave an encouragement to the pro reform as George had been primarily against reform, while his brother, William IV was more willing to help the cause of the reform. The death of a king also meant elections and in the November 1830 elections the pro reform candidates did well and their leader, Earl Grey became the P.M.
These policies were an early attempt to end child labor, reform the banking system, and protect business’ interests. However, these positive attempts were overshadowed by continued corruption as seen through the power hungry politicians. This was the time when the development of railroads began. It was a vital requirement for the whole industrialization process to be complete. This is one of the reasons why the railroads were really important.
Wilson’s ‘comfy and complacent’ campaign did play in role in deciding the 1970 election in favour of the Conservatives but it was only a minor one. Much more important was the combination of mistrust by the public over Labour’s ability to control the economy and most importantly; Labour’s complete failure to control the Trade Unions and the fears that this brought with it. Even a Labour minister himself, Richard Crossman admits in Source C that a ‘final warning on the trade figures’ put voters off. Whilst Source A does attack Wilson for his ‘highly personalised campaign’ and his ‘presidential’ style leadership, it goes on to suggest that there is no clear reason for why people changed their minds and voted Tory at the last minute. Despite his ‘too relaxed and assured’ campaign Wilson was not to blame but instead it was a combination of ‘unfavourable trade figures’ and Enoch Powell that swung the vote.
Towards the end on the 1960s, the Labour Government was attempting to modernise Britain on its laws and attitudes. The Labour Government had to deal with a lot of problems caused by the previous Conservative Government, such as unhappy workers and a failing economy. Although the Labour Government had many successes, they also had as many failures due to picking up after the Conservative Government but their own failed policies are also to blame. Source 7 argues that the Labour Government ‘had not got the economy right’, but the Labour Government would have economic problems once in power as a result of the Conservative Government’s aim to grow. The Conservative Government left the Labour Government with large debts to the IMF and an increase in inflation in the economy.
The Nazi’s had also made promises to solve the problems and promised most groups in Germany what they wanted such as being promised jobs, employers having restored profits, farmers higher prices and shopkeepers protection against competition. At the time, Hitler made sense to the Germans and united everyone by providing explanations for Germany’s problems. It always also important in getting the Nazis into power because Hitler had managed to gain the support of the industrialists who had previously voted for the Conservatives - but after 1930 had stopped supporting them. This caused the Nazi’s to receive financial backing from big business. This then allowed them to run his
Of course, the ineptitude of the opposition was also key, many Liberals in particular had the opportunity to humiliate Disraeli but failed to do so, meaning his reputation was perhaps far more positive post-reform than it ought to have been. The Conservatives had been seen as a party that had previously shied away from reform, yet if this bill was passed, they would satisfy the naysayers like the Radicals and members of the Reform League, and increase their chances of being re-elected as the next government. Many of the policies Disraeli chose to include were signs that he was attempting to appeal to certain groups in order to win their vote. By granting the skilled working man the vote, they would be more likely to vote Conservative, which was crucial given the proportion of the electorate this group was. In addition, Disraeli ensured the inclusion of safeguards in an attempt to persuade other senior figures to support the bill or his party.