Social Aspects of Domestic Policy of Sustainable Democracy Countries (Retrospective View)

DOI: 10.46340/eppd.2023.10.6.2

Oleksiy Voytovych, PhD in Political Science
I.I. Mechnikov Odesa National University, Ukraine

How to cite: Voytovych, O. (2023). Social Aspects of Domestic Policy of Sustainable Democracy Countries (Retrospective View). European Political and Law Discourse, 10, 6, 16-21. DOI: 10.46340/eppd.2023.10.6.2

Abstract

In the article, the domestic political development of Great Britain and the United States in the last quarter of the 20th – at the beginning of the 21st century is considered. The purpose of the article is to highlight the social aspects of the development of stable democracies in the specified period. At the same time, the author, relying on the analysis of memoir literature as the main and unique source of research, solved the tasks: to analyze the political views of the leaders of Great Britain and the United States in the socio-economic sphere and to consider the results and consequences of their activities. To achieve the set goal and solve the problems, the methods were applied: comparative-historical and systemic, which provide an opportunity to objectively cover the subject of scientific development. The economic reforms of the early 1980s in Great Britain and the United States witnessed the rise of a conservative wave. The course of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to curtail social programs led to the aggravation of social problems. On the other hand, conditions began to be created for the conceptualisation of the “third way” – the policy of social reforms carried out by Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. Palliative in content, it nevertheless contributed to a certain reduction of social tension in society. The return of conservatives to power added certain difficulties in the implementation of social policy in both countries. However, even they couldn’t completely avoid the social reforming policy and ignore the solution of the problems which naturally appear in the relations of production. The Conservative Party leader Theresa May regarded the struggle with “screaming injustice” in the state as one of the key ones in her British Prime Minister post activity.

Keywords: domestic policy, “conservative wave”, “Third way”, social reforms, social insurance, social security, memoirs.

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