social conservative

(noun)

One who favors a specific set of social policies, generally including opposition to abortion rights, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and sexual permissiveness, often based on a particular reading of Judeo-Christian values.

Related Terms

Examples of social conservative in the following topics:

  • Conservatism

    • Conservatism is a social and political philosophy that supports retaining traditional social institutions and has many modern variations.
    • Social conservatives believe that the government has a role in encouraging or enforcing what they consider traditional values or behaviors.
    • A social conservative wants to preserve traditional morality and social mores, often through civil law or regulation.
    • Social change is generally regarded as suspect.
    • Social conservatives see traditional social values as threatened by secularism, so they support school prayer and oppose abortion and homosexuality.

  • Political Ideology

    • It aims at protecting traditional values (especially on social issues) while promoting the concept of small government.
    • Conservatives commonly defend the notional status quo of some point in the past, believing that the US has deviated significantly from it, and advocate more traditional stands on social issues, protection of gun rights and much less government intervention.
    • Libertarians commonly hold liberal views on social issues but conservative views on economic issues.
    • Within the left are the largely secular and anti-war "Liberals", the socially conservative but economically left "Conservative Democrats", and the economically "Disadvantaged Democrats" who favor extended government assistance to the needy.
    • In "the middle" are the optimistic and upwardly mobile "Upbeats", the discouraged and mistrusting "Disaffecteds," and the disenfranchised "Bystanders. " The right compromises the highly pro-business "Enterprisers," the highly religious "Social Conservatives" (also known as the Christian right), and the "Pro-Government Conservatives" who are largely conservative on social issues but support government intervention to better their economic disposition.

  • The Election of 1964

    • In his campaign, Johnson spoke eloquently about two favorable social programs, known as the Great Society and the War on Poverty.
    • Conservatives favored a small, low-tax federal government that supported individual rights and business interests while opposing social welfare programs.
    • Conservatives also resented the dominance of the GOP's moderate wing (based at the time in the Northeastern U.S.).
    • He was the front-runner to receive the Republican nomination in the election of 1964 until his divorce and remarriage alienated social conservatives.
    • Goldwater's conservative views and penchant for unscripted remarks helped Johnson win in a landslide.

  • The New Right

    • In the United States, the New Right refers to two historically distinct conservative political movements.
    • The second New Right tended to focus on social issues and national sovereignty and was often linked with the religious right.
    • With Ronald Reagan's victory in 1980 the modern American conservative movement took power.
    • He brought together a coalition of economic conservatives, who supported his supply side economics; foreign policy conservatives, who favored his staunch opposition to Communism and the Soviet Union; and social conservatives, who identified with his religious and social ideals.
    • Capitol in 1981, an early example of his administration's conservative economic policies.

  • Social Responsibility Audits

    • Social responsibility audits are a process of evaluating a corporation's social responsibility performance.
    • Areas of business that are commonly audited include financial performance, internal controls, quality management, project management, water management, and energy conservation.
    • Social responsibility audits are a process of reviewing and evaluating a corporation's social responsibility (CSR) performance.
    • As with financial audits, social responsibility audits involve accounting processes.
    • This type of accounting originated in the early 1990s and is known by various names, including social accounting, sustainability accounting, CSR reporting, environmental and social governance (ESG) reporting, and triple-bottom-line accounting (encompassing social and environmental as well as financial reporting).

  • Conservative Resurgence

    • Many Southern whites were frustrated by the social changes after the Civil War and formed conservative political organizations.
    • Often, these parties called themselves the "Conservative Party" or the "Democratic and Conservative Party" in order to distinguish themselves from the national Democratic Party and to obtain support from former Whigs.
    • The planters and their business allies dominated the self-styled "conservative" coalition that finally took control in the South.
    • Conservative reaction continued in both the North and South; the "white liners" movement to elect candidates dedicated to white supremacy reached as far as Ohio in 1875.
    • Identify the social and political factors that contributed to the rise of the KKK

  • Social Movements

    • Social movements can advocate for a particular social change, but they can also organize to oppose a social change that is being advocated by another entity.
    • Sociologists draw distinctions between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • In large part, these oppositional groups formed because the women's movement advocated for reform in conservative religions.
    • Discover the difference between social movements and social movement organizations, as well as the four areas social movements operate within

  • Domestic Conservatism

    • Roosevelt's New Deal faced great opposition from conservative Democrats and Republicans in Congress.
    • The counterattack first came from conservative Democrats, led by presidential nominees John W.
    • The Old Right accused Roosevelt of promoting socialism and being a "traitor to his class. " The New Deal strongly supported labor unions, which became the main target of conservatives.
    • Senator Josiah Bailey (D-NC) released the "Conservative Manifesto" in December 1937, which marked the beginning of the "conservative coalition" between Republicans and southern Democrats.
    • Conservatives in the East and South were generally interventionists, as typified by Henry Stimson.

  • Introduction

    • Social movements are any broad social alliances of people who are connected through their shared interest in blocking or affecting social change.
    • Social movements do not have to be formally organized.
    • A distinction is drawn between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • For instance, the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s resulted in a number of counter movements that attempted to block the goals of the women's movement, many of which were reform movements within conservative religions.

  • Challenges to the New Deal

    • While the League's members were divided over the National Recovery Administration, they fervently criticized the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (calling it "a trend toward Fascist control of agriculture") and Social Security (which they saw a marking "the end of democracy").
    • It also united conservatives in both parties.
    • The court-packing plan strengthened conservative opposition to the New Deal.
    • Known as the Conservative Coalition (at the time, the term "conservative" referred to the opponents of the New Deal and did not imply any specific party affiliation), it initiated a conservative alliance that, with modifications, shaped Congress until the 1960s.
    • In 1937, Bailey released a "Conservative Manifesto" that presented conservative philosophical tenets, including the line "Give enterprise a chance, and I will give you the guarantees of a happy and prosperous America."