‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979
Recent descriptions of British Conservatism have often identified the defence of inequality as one of its core ideological features. By drawing upon Michael Freeden's morphological conception of ideologies, this article will challenge such descriptions. Drawing upon the discourses of a particul...
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| description | Recent descriptions of British Conservatism have often identified the defence of inequality as one of its core ideological features. By drawing upon Michael Freeden's morphological conception of ideologies, this article will challenge such descriptions. Drawing upon the discourses of a particular formation of post-war Conservative thought, it will suggest that because Conservatives adhered to a particular set of epistemological and ontological beliefs, the defence of inequality could only obtain a subordinate status within their thought. And it will, in turn, critique dominant understandings of post-war party competition. |
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| spelling | nottingham-309812020-05-04T17:08:39Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30981/ ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 Blackburn, Dean Recent descriptions of British Conservatism have often identified the defence of inequality as one of its core ideological features. By drawing upon Michael Freeden's morphological conception of ideologies, this article will challenge such descriptions. Drawing upon the discourses of a particular formation of post-war Conservative thought, it will suggest that because Conservatives adhered to a particular set of epistemological and ontological beliefs, the defence of inequality could only obtain a subordinate status within their thought. And it will, in turn, critique dominant understandings of post-war party competition. SAGE 2015-05-11 Article PeerReviewed Blackburn, Dean (2015) ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979. Political Studies, 64 (1S). pp. 156-172. ISSN 1467-9248 Conservatism; Conservative Party; post-war Britain http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9248.12210 doi:10.1111/1467-9248.12210 doi:10.1111/1467-9248.12210 |
| spellingShingle | Conservatism; Conservative Party; post-war Britain Blackburn, Dean ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| title | ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| title_full | ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| title_fullStr | ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| title_short | ‘For we shall prejudice nothing’: Middle Way Conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| title_sort | ‘for we shall prejudice nothing’: middle way conservatism and the defence of inequality, 1945–1979 |
| topic | Conservatism; Conservative Party; post-war Britain |
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