2002/06/01 by Timothy Heppell · 4 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Composition (language) #Conservatism #Economics #Ideology #Irish and British Studies #Law #Law and economics #Loyalty #Philosophy #Political and Economic history of UK and US #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Positive economics #Scottish History and National Identity #Sociology #Typology
paper · doi:10.1111/1467-856x.t01-1-00006
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With the emphasis on loyalty and unity and an aversion to ideological disputation the Parliamentary Conservative Party (PCP) has traditionally been described as a party of tendencies, rather than factions. The Cowley and Norton study of the ideological and factional basis of rebellion argues that the 1992–97 PCP adhered to the party of tendencies definition. However, through the development of a new three-dimensional, eight-fold typology of Conservatism, that involves behavioural and attitudinal mapping, it can be demonstrated that between 1992 and 1997 the PCP did display evidence of factionalism.