A Quiet Revolution of Edward Heath

Abstract

The article is covering the initial period of the advancement of neo-conservatism in Britain. The author claims that the rise of neo-conservative ideology was the result of the influence of domestic factors such as economic instability and ineffective Labour government policy as well as international ones, which decreased the British influence across the world. The author emphasizes radical changes in organization of government and industrial structures as well as changes in the mode of life of the British people. The author suggests that these revolutionary reforms carried out on a large-scale touched upon, practically, each aspect of a daily life in British society. They laid the foundation for the further neo-conservative transformations inside of the country and strengthened positions of the Great Britain on a world stage. Refs 28.