Crisis of Conservatism 1900-1914

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - Miscellaneous, grade: 70, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, course: BA Politics, language: English, abstract: How appropriate is it to view the period between c1900 and c1914 as representing a crisis of Conservatism? Why did the movement for Tariff Reform cause so much debate within British politics at this time?This essay researches the supposed decline of the British Conservative party (Unionists) from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of World War 1. It focuses on the weakness or Prime Minister Balfour and the inparty fighting brought about by Joseph Chamberlain''s pursuit of tariff reform.