Mark sentences that describe conservatives and liberals. Try to identify examples in our contemporary context.

Sentences that describe conservatives are as follows:

a) Conservatives believed that established, traditional institutions of state and society – like the monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property, and the family – should be preserved.

b) According to the chapter conservatives also believed that – ‘A modern army, an

efficient bureaucracy, a dynamic economy, the abolition of feudalism and serfdom could strengthen the autocratic monarchies of Europe.

c) Nationalist sentiments were often mobilised by conservatives for promoting state power and achieving political domination over Europe.

In contemporary India, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the largest right-wing conservative party and promotes Hindu nationalism.

Sentences that describe liberals are as follows:

a) Nineteenth-century liberals also stressed the inviolability of private property.

b) The memory of the French Revolution nonetheless continued to inspire liberals. One of the major issues taken up by the liberal-nationalists, who criticised the new conservative order, was freedom of the press.

In contemporary India, Swatantra Party (1959 – 1973), Lok Satta Party (2006 - ) are some of the political entities that support liberal viewpoints.