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The Formation of Social Policy In this essay, I will be discussing how Conservatism and Socialism ideologies shape social policy in the UK. I will also be arguing that despite the United Kingdom being a democratic society, it is falling below democratic standards. At present, social media is one of the most powerful tools in shaping people’s perceptions on political ideologies, and therefore will be evaluating the extent it plays on policies as well as social conscience. The United

a farm at the age of 15. Although this situation did not prepare him to become the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he had early interest in politics, especially in socialism and democracy. While he was in Bristol working for a clergyman as an assistant in 1885, he joined a Radical sect, the Democratic Federation, and remained one of its members when it lately became the Social Democratic Federation then the Bristol Socialist Society. At the age of 20, he moved to London where

the government of the day will base their policies around these political ideologies. The two major political parties in New Zealand, National and Labour, each have different beliefs and values which lead to different ideologies. Looking at both parties previous and current policies, we can observe the impact of the ideologies they have adopted on their policy making. The National party in the last 20 years has driven policies from a

political party that was founded in 1903 by Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov, when they split away from the Menshevik (lit. “one for the minority”) faction under the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. By 1905, the Bolsheviks were no longer a minor faction, but one that had over 8,400 members. This number increased to 46,000 by 1910, a time where the Mensheviks had only 38,000. The Bolsheviks and Mensheviks continued to both gain and lose the majority in their parent party, and in

during Bill Clinton’s presidency in 1992. Tony Blair was inspired by this policy and wanted to utilize this same approach in the United Kingdom. Even though Clinton and Blair implemented the “Third Way” for similar reasons different political and social factors kept these men from enacting the same policies. The third way refers to a position in politics that is not too far right and not too far left. The idea is for ideas to fall somewhere in the middle. In Britain “The Third Way has become the

political coalition of progressive, socialist and labour groups called United Farmers of Alberta, League for Social Reconstruction , Ginger Group of MPs in Ottawa, that wanted economic reform during the Depression. They wanted to help Canadians who were affected by the Great Depression. In 1933, the party met in Regina, where they voted for James Shaver Woodsworth to be the leader of the CCF. J.S Woodsworth was a Manitoba Independent Labour Party MP and a social worker. They adopted the Regina Manifesto

The Growth of the Labour Party and the Decline of the Liberal Party At the end of World War One in November 1918 the Labour Party emerged as a strong political Party. Prior to this it was the Liberal Party that was expected to be the main opposition to the Conservatives, with Labour as a party who used the popularity of the Liberals to become noticed. However, it soon became apparent that the Liberals were a weak and flagging party who were unable to unite as one to make decisions. It

Can democratic socialism achieve Marxist socialism? Marx and Engels’ The Communist Manifesto states, “The first step in the revolution by the working class, is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class, to win the battle of democracy” (1888:32). Marx predicted that once proletariats had seized power, the state would abolish capitalism through collective ownership, taking economic control away from the free market and subsequently liberating society from alienation and oppression. This

predicted that the proletariat class would seize state power through democratic means, or revolution, then abolish capitalism through collective ownership of resources and industry, which would found a socialist society finally leading to communism. This essay discusses the strengths and limitations of social democracy in the United Kingdom in achieving Marxist socialism, the answer to the question is more complex than ‘yes or no’. Social democracy differs from Marxist socialism because the abolition of

and 30’s behind. The public interest in a new way of running the government meant that the conservative agenda was thrown out the door. It meant meant taking a democratic collectivist vision for Britain's post war future. The political changes of the 1940s is best understood as launching a distinctly modern political settlement.