THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning 1 Politics in Action Margaret Thatcher Geographic Setting England, Wales,

THE MAKING OF THE MODERN BRITISH STATE

Copyright © 2016 Cengage Learning

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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

Section 1

THE BRITISH NATION AT A GLANCE


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Critical Junctures The Consolidation of the British State The Seventeenth-Century Settlement The Industrial Revolution and the British

Empire


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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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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 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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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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Other State Institutions The Military and Police The Judiciary Subnational Government

England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales


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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


Political Parties and the Party System The Labour Party The Conservative Party Liberal Democrats


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Elections The Electoral System and the 2010 Election Gender, Ethnicity, and Representation Trends in Electoral Behavior


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Political Culture, Citizenship, and Identity Social Class National Identity

Multiethnic Europeanization and globalization


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Interests Groups, Social Movements, and Protest Political protest rising Environmental activism rising


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The Political Impact Of Technology 2012: Parliamentary committee released a

report Rupert Murdoch hacking scandal Besmirched the reputations among Parliament

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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


State and Economy Social Policy

National Health Service


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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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Environmental Issues Increasing public concern

Acid rain Coal-fired plants Fracking Food safety “Green” vs. anti-regulatory bias


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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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Youth Politics and the Generational Divide Huge generational divide High unemployment rate for recent university

graduates


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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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