PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · Representation & Participation
Of late, centrist and centre-left political parties have been facing setbacks while centre-right parties have been in ascendency the world over. Comment.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
ete Og ma a he PE ee Sat OT SME es rae ND Reset SEEN fae eee a Ee Cat enna e Te centre-left rested on welfare-socialist consensus (SPD / Scandinavia, Keynes + welfare) — 1980s New Right (Thatcher / Reagan) broke it — state rolled back, economic ground lost — deeper cause = lost distinctiveness → Kirchheimer’s catch- all + “end of ideology” — mainstream convergence, class anchor weakens – vacuum filled → New Right returns (W. Europe, Canada, Australia, NZ) — right-wing populism = ethno-nationalism + anti- elitism — drivers: economic insecurity + cultural hanlrlaahk Tewermm js/Tivan Dam / Calersee
Body flow
7 24 44 284 1 4 Se a *- * items xd 4 ——_ ll ll 4S 4 S44 7 44 4S the right is not monolithic — Burke’s moderate right (gradual change, rule of law, some welfare) vs far right (absolutist, ethnically exclusionary) — costs: strain on democratic norms, polarisation, ee i a ee
Counter-view
404-4 + = VAN AW Se ee the shift is a representation gap left by a converged centre, not a durable realignment plural parties remain vital for minority voice and healthy competition
Model answer
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