... many of the reforms were 'too tentative and weak adequately to subdue the problems with which they were concerned'5. It is also interesting to evaluate whether Disraeli's aims came from deep seated personal convictions and planning or whether his reforms represent, as the historian P. Smith called it, 'the haphazard production of piecemeal reforms, whose timing and details were dictated by the pressures and circumstances of the hour'. In order to examine to what extent the reforms were successful, it is important to examine Disraeli's aims regarding social form and how far the reforms which he implemented fulfilled these aims. Disraeli's aims in terms of his domestic policy can be summated into three main statements: to win over the working classes; to protect the propertied classes from too much change from reform; and to build a stronger nation as a whole, which he would lead into greater prosperity as Prime ...

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