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POLS 112
Professor: Doan Mai Linh
16th April, 2013
Essay
Title: Compare and contrast
British conservatism with American conservatism
‘Conservatism’ is a political term referring to the idea of upholds traditions and it refers to those who preferred the stability in society, emphasized the organization founded more than the next ideas generations. There are several main political thinkers to demonstrate this idea, like: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992) and Robert Nozick (1938-2002). Clearly, people who believe in this philosophy would like to change slowly with sudden change of the development more than others in the world. Similarly, ‘Conservative’ depicted a way of life and action that is commonly refused to changes by people who advocated the idea of ‘conservatism’. There is no doubt that the British (Great Britain) and the American (the US) are two typical examples for the ‘conservatism’ philosophy.
Great Britain is a state that has a thousand years of tradition. Even now, while other states are trying to pursue the idea of globalization of the world, Great Britain would still prefer traditional more than changes. In another word, we could say that Great Britain is one of Europe’s oldest aristocracy which very serious about supporting, keeping and protecting their traditions. In contrast, the American conservative is also known as the ‘New Right’. Although they are conservative but would prefer to leave everything in the hands of the free-market. Hence, British and American acquired same idea but they developed it in difference directions. Essentially, Great Britain follow traditional conservatism and the United States follow the New Right. 'Traditional conservatism ' is an ideology, a way of life supported the existence of a strong tradition, the conservatives are often afraid of and refuses any change, while the followers of 'New Right ' believe in strong state structure
POLS 112
Professor: Doan Mai Linh
16th April, 2013
Essay
Title: Compare and contrast
British conservatism with American conservatism
‘Conservatism’ is a political term referring to the idea of upholds traditions and it refers to those who preferred the stability in society, emphasized the organization founded more than the next ideas generations. There are several main political thinkers to demonstrate this idea, like: Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Friedrich von Hayek (1899-1992) and Robert Nozick (1938-2002). Clearly, people who believe in this philosophy would like to change slowly with sudden change of the development more than others in the world. Similarly, ‘Conservative’ depicted a way of life and action that is commonly refused to changes by people who advocated the idea of ‘conservatism’. There is no doubt that the British (Great Britain) and the American (the US) are two typical examples for the ‘conservatism’ philosophy.
Great Britain is a state that has a thousand years of tradition. Even now, while other states are trying to pursue the idea of globalization of the world, Great Britain would still prefer traditional more than changes. In another word, we could say that Great Britain is one of Europe’s oldest aristocracy which very serious about supporting, keeping and protecting their traditions. In contrast, the American conservative is also known as the ‘New Right’. Although they are conservative but would prefer to leave everything in the hands of the free-market. Hence, British and American acquired same idea but they developed it in difference directions. Essentially, Great Britain follow traditional conservatism and the United States follow the New Right. 'Traditional conservatism ' is an ideology, a way of life supported the existence of a strong tradition, the conservatives are often afraid of and refuses any change, while the followers of 'New Right ' believe in strong state structure
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