The document outlines the origins and key features of one nation conservatism. It began under Disraeli who believed moderate reforms were needed to integrate the working class into society. After WWII, leaders like Churchill and Macmillan advocated for managed capitalism and a mixed economy to promote social harmony. One nation conservatism supported policies like a welfare state, public education and healthcare, and European integration to compromise between classes. It took a paternalistic approach of the government providing for citizens. Margaret Thatcher later rejected this approach, which some argue caused problems for the Conservative party.

1. One nation
Conservatism
Introductory points

2. Origins
 Term was derived from Disraeli (1804-
81)
 He thought the greatest threat to social
order lay in the failure to integrate the
poorer classes into mainstream society
 Moderate reform essential to preserve
the foundations of the established order

3. More recent developments
 Tory leaders such as Churchill and
MacMillan typify this approach which
led the Conservatives to advocate
managed capitalism as a necessary
feature of a cohesive society
 Adopted by leading Conservatives after
WW2 to justify govt action to promote
full employment , welfare provision and
social harmony.

4. Features of the consensus
 Mixed economy
 Redistributive taxation
 Social welfare
 State education and health care
 State pension schemes
 European integration
 Promoted compromise and consensus and
involved a substantial dose of pragmatism eg
Keynesian principles

5. Paternalistic conservatism
 Govt should provide for and regulate of
its citizens as a father does for its
children
 Ruling class has a duty to promote the
welfare of its people
 Compassionate, concern for others,
more inclusive.
 Overlap with Christian democracy in
Germany &Italy – regulate the negative
social consequences of the free market.

6. Questions
 How does it differ to traditional
conservatism?
 Why was this repudiated by Thatcher?
 Could its rejection be a cause of the
Conservative Party’s problems in the
past?
 Cameron – one nation, modern liberal?