On The Rise And Fall Of The British Liberal Party Revelation

With the development of human political civilization, we have entered the era ofpolitical party. The era of political party has two signs: firstly, the existence anddevelopment of the party is a common phenomenon in the world; secondly, for themost countries in the world, party is the way to control the public power and togovern the country. So party is a bridge and link of connecting the state and society,and it has been playing an indispensable role in the course of the development ofhuman political civilization. For the ruling party, the construction quality is not onlyrelated to the success or failure of governance, but relates to its own ups and downs.As an old capitalist party with a long history-the Liberal Party, its process, ups anddowns, has great significance for the other political parties in the world.From the external factors which may affect the development of the political party,the economic situation in a country or a region as well as the social factors could haveimportant influence to the development of the political party. But the exterminatingfactors for the success or failure of a party especially for a party which is already inpower are often internal. First, ideology is usually the key factor which decides thesuccess of apolitical party. It could be saying that it is ideology determines aparty’s mass and social foundation, particularly in the west electoralsystem. Ideological work has the decisive role in winning the support of the masses.Secondly, the party’s construction especially it’s democratic construction as well as itsstrict discipline have determined its life. There are also the momentous guarantees forthe vigorous development of a party. Either the separation or the infighting will causethe downfall of a political party which the British Liberal Party hasprecisely illustrated. Thirdly, the ability of developing economy as well as improvingthe livelihood of the people, is related not only to a party’s ruling foundation, butalso related to whether a political party can maintain the long-term ruling or not, andperhaps more importantly, it is relevant to the destiny of a political party.From the rise and fall of the British Liberal Party, its prosperity cannot dowithout the social foundation, such as the impact of the industrial revolution to thesocial class structure, the glorious revolution on adjustment of the relationshipbetween the crown and parliament, the increasingly popular trend of the liberalismin the British society and so on. At the same time, the prosperity of the LiberalParty is more depended on its adjustment on social policy, such as strengthening the organization construction and actively adjusting its policies etc.. However, the declineof the Liberal Party is also connected with the background of the sociality, such as therecession, the enhancement of the state intervention and so on; but from thefundamental point of view, the decline of the Liberal Party mainly lies in the severaldivisions of the senior party members, especially the top division concerned theautonomy of Ireland led the British Liberal Party being greatly undermined whichfinally growing to the trend of decline. Of course, other factors such as the First WorldWar and the emerging of the British Labour Party also directly or indirectly affect thedevelopment of the British Liberal Party. In recent years, the British LiberalParty began to show signs of gradual revival and cut a striking figure in politic by thecoalition with the conservative party. But objectively speaking, the Liberal Partywould go a long way toward gaining its own brilliant.The ups and downs of the British Liberal Party haveimportant enlightenments for our own party’s construction. First, politicaldevelopment has to adapt to the requirements of the society, and be able to timely putforward the new policy, new ideas as well as new “doctrine” to win the public support.Second, in order to maintain a high degree of unity and union in it, a party must havestrict disciplines. Third, strengthen the ideological construction of the party; fullyunderstand the importance of building the party from the point ofideology. Fourth, economic developments as well as the promotion of the livelihoodof the people are top priorities of the party for the long-term prosperity of the party.This paper mainly divided into seven parts: the introduction mainly deals withthe significance and methods of the research, domestic and foreign research statuses,ideas and innovation of the research. The first chapter mainly relates to the ups anddowns of the party which is the theoretical foundation and the premise of this paper.The second chapter gives a vertical review on the historical development of theLiberal Party. The third chapter analyses the main reason for the prosperity of theLiberal Party in-depth and detailed way. The fourth chapter explores the origin for thedeclination of the Liberal Party. The fifth chapter summarizes the signs of the revivalof the Liberal Party as well as the causes. The sixth chapter mainly reveals theimportant enlightenments of the Liberal Party to the development of the party politics.