“希思大转弯”的思想根源

The Ideological Interpretations of the Heath's U-Turns

二战后,在英国竞选政治中,早已放弃了"有限政治"传统的"一个民族"保守主义适时调整,呈现出新特征:它失去了谨慎稳重的精神,更注重发挥自己的竞选功能。但是,这些调整没有解决保守党内自由市场与国家调控、效率与公平之间的争论。"一个民族"保守主义的新特征和自身难以克服的矛盾遂成为"希思大转弯"的思想根源。

After the Second World War, electoral politics emerged from the consensus politics and went along without political party principles in Britain. To cope with the new situation, One Nation Conservatism presented itself with new features including abandonment of the limited political tradition, the waning spirit of moderation and the emphasis on its electoral function. The renewed One Nation Conservatism paved the way for the abrupt alternations of economic policies in 1972. At the same time, the practice of electoral politics disabled Heath from reconciling the contradiction between liberal market and state intervention, which forced him to resort to an abrupt alternation of his sworn policies.