Divisions on Economic and Social Policy

Abstract

More than any others, economic and social issues divide the parties in Britain and engage the attention of voters. This happens in most countries, because economic and social issues involve more people and come closer home to them as personal choices than do considerations of foreign policy, defence policy, civil liberties or other slightly remote problems of government. When such problems cease to be remote, as has sometimes happened in Britain and is true today of some other countries, people usually have more to complain of.