Sentences with phrase «traditional social conservatism»

Britain is not America, and it is inconceivable that a party could win broad electoral support on a platform of traditional social conservatism — particularly on matters of sexual ethics.

In its critique of neoliberalism, Blond was breaking with the dominant Tory economic paradigm of the last thirty years, marrying traditional social conservatism and criticism of the state with an attack on untrammelled free markets.

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This shift was amplified by the Evangelicals» steady religious market share since 1960 (about one - quarter of the population) and consistent conservatism on social and foreign policy issues — a conservatism that gave evidence of expanding to include traditional Republican economic issues.

Given my lack of faith, the key question is whether religious and non-religious supporters of traditional institutions like marriage can find common ground or, indeed, whether there is any coherent non-faith-based case to be made for social conservatism.

Conservatism (Latin: conservare, «to retain») is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions.

The Republican Party is an ideological mix of social and fiscal conservatives once held together by eloquent intellectuals such as Bill Buckley; gone are the days of the Eisenhower Republican; here to stay is the Reagan Republican jumble, with a few vestiges of traditional conservatism tacked on for good measure.

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes retaining traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.