How has party leadership evolved over time in the Senate?
What will be an ideal response?
Students should outline the history and explain the sources of change. A general outline is as follows: Although the Senate has always had leaders, they were informal for the first 100 years or so of the Senate’s history. Leadership flowed from the personal talents of individual legislators rather than formal institutional rules and roles. By the early 1900s, party structures and leaders played a more important role in organizing Senate proceedings. The leadership structure was formalized and more based around parties, as it is today. However, the position of Senate majority leader did not become one of significant power and prestige until 1955. Three key developments influenced the modern Senate leadership: the influx of activist senators who wanted to be major policy participants, internal changes that promoted egalitarianism, and external developments to the political environment.
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A. the crisis of identity B. the crisis of conservation C. the crisis of legitimacy D. the crisis of integration
New Labour's approach to society
a. emphasizes entitlements. b. re-emphasizes the collectivist consensus, which supported broad and deep state intervention in the economy to promote an egalitarian society. c. emphasizes that government intervention to foster societal equality was unnecessary and undesirable. d. supports comprehensive solutions to society's ills and the reduction of the tendency for government to neglect marginalized individuals. e. led to a significant narrowing of inequality in the United Kingdom.