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THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE
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Politics in Action Margaret Thatcher
Geographic Setting England, Wales, and Scotland
Britain is largest of British Isles Offshore islands adjacent to Europe
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THE BRITISH NATION AT A GLANCE
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THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE
Critical Junctures The Consolidation of the British State The Seventeenth-Century Settlement The Industrial Revolution and the British
Empire
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THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE
Critical Junctures (cont’d) The British Empire (1800s)
International trade and imperial expansion Hegemonic power
Industrial Change and the Struggle for Voting Rights
World Wars, Industrial Strife, and the Depression (1914–1945)
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World Trade and Relative Labor Productivity
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THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE
Critical Junctures Collectivist Consensus (1945–1979) Margaret Thatcher and the Enterprise Culture
(1979-1990) New Labour’s Third Way (1997-2007) The Conservative–Liberal Coalition
“Big Society”
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Expansion of Voting Rights
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THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE
The Four Themes and Britain Britain in a Globalized World of States
Strategies in Governing the Economy Political Influence of Democratic Idea The Politics of Collective Identity
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Where Do You Stand?
Was Margaret Thatcher just what the doctor ordered to jump-start the British economy – or was she too divisive and ideological?
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown reinvented the modern Labour Party, severing its ties with the working class and emphasizing a cross-class coalition, which often seemed to tilt toward business. In this era of occupy movements and huge income inequality should Labour return to its historic roots?
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GOVERNANCE AND POLICY-MAKING
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Organization of the State Parliamentary sovereignty Unitary state Fusion of powers Cabinet government Constitutional monarchy
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GOVERNANCE AND POLICY-MAKING
The Executive Cabinet government Bureaucracy and Civil Service Public and Semipublic Institutions
Nationalized Industries Nondepartmental Public Bodies
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The Cabinet System
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GOVERNANCE AND POLICY-MAKING
Other State Institutions The Military and Police The Judiciary Subnational Government
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
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GOVERNANCE AND POLICY-MAKING
The Policy-Making Process Focus is on Whitehall European Union policy
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Where Do You Stand?
Which is a more effective form of government: American checks and balances or British parliamentary democracy?
Does the strength of the cabinet and the power of the prime minister risk turning Britain into an elective dictatorship?Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning
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REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
The Legislature The House of Commons (lower chamber) The Legislative Process The House of Lords (upper chamber) Reforms in Behavior Structural Changes: Parliamentary
Committees
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Section 4
REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
Political Parties and the Party System The Labour Party The Conservative Party Liberal Democrats
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REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
Elections The Electoral System and the 2010 Election Gender, Ethnicity, and Representation Trends in Electoral Behavior
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REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
Political Culture, Citizenship, and Identity Social Class National Identity
Multiethnic Europeanization and globalization
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REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
Interests Groups, Social Movements, and Protest Political protest rising Environmental activism rising
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REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION
The Political Impact Of Technology 2012: Parliamentary committee released a
report Rupert Murdoch hacking scandal Besmirched the reputations among Parliament
members
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Where Do You Stand?
Is perpetual surveillance too high a price to pay for security?
Nearly everyone in Britain wants Britain to go green. Why is the support for a Green Party so weak?
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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
State and Economy British economy: “two-track” pattern of growth Economic Management The Consensus Era (Keynesianism) Thatcherite Policy Orientation (monetarism) New Labour’s Economic Policy Approach The Coalition Government’s Economic Policy
Approach
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Section 2
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
State and Economy Social Policy
National Health Service
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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
Society and Economy New Labour focused its social policy on
training and broader social investment Inequality and Ethnic Minorities Inequality and Women
Inequality in labor and wages
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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
Environmental Issues Increasing public concern
Acid rain Coal-fired plants Fracking Food safety “Green” vs. anti-regulatory bias
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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
Britain in the Global Economy Britain’s economic policies/political climate
encourages foreign direct investment Comparatively strong microeconomic and
growth competitiveness
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Where Do You Stand?
Will Blair be remembered for the success of New Labour or the tragic failure of the war in Iraq?
Will Cameron’s tough stance on austerity turn around the British economy or wreck the coalition government?
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BRITISH POLITICS IN TRANSITION
Political Challenges and Changing Agendas Constitutional reform Identities in flux
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Section 5
BRITISH POLITICS IN TRANSITION
Youth Politics and the Generational Divide Huge generational divide High unemployment rate for recent university
graduates
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BRITISH POLITICS IN TRANSITION
British Politics in Comparative Perspective United Kingdom escaped the 1990s Europe
recession 2008 Great Recession
Drastically effected Britain's economic fortunes New Labour
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Where Do You Stand?
Is Britain important enough and functioning well enough today to stand alongside the United States as one of the two great models of democratic government?
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Where Do You Stand?
With Putin’s Russia on the ascendant, America looking inward, and the EU facing tremendous economic and institutional challenges, is there an opportunity for Britain to play a greater role in a globalizing world of states?
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