7.2 - ideas of thatcher and the new right

why were attitudes towards collectivism changing?

due to domestic economic issues

how did thatcher plan to challenge the post-war consensus?

by promising to lower taxes, government spending and state intervention

all of this would…

reduce spending on the welfare state

why did thatcher feel this was necessary?

thatcher felt that britain had a ‘culture of dependency’ and her solution to solve this was by ‘rolling back the state’

in reality, spending on the welfare state remained…

stationary under thatcher although this was actually a cut due to the high levels of inflation during this period

whose belief system did thatcher align with?

the new right

thatchers policies consisted of combining…

neo-classical economic values with traditional conservative values

this included…

‘traditional’ family values as well as a strong sense of law and order

why did both thatcher and the new right feel this was needed?

they saw britain as a country in decline due to its culture of dependency

what did the new right believe should be done to schools?

marketisation

what does this mean?

better performing schools would receive more money as they believed that competition would raise education standards

the new right wanted to do what with the NHS?

create internal markets within the NHS in order to drive up standards

who did the new right blame for crime?

the underclass - they weren’t willing to work for what they wanted so instead they would steal

what did the new right believe would make society better?

a wider uptake of christian values