GREAT BRITAIN Little England HISTORY First country in

GREAT BRITAIN Little England

HISTORY • First country in Europe to develop a limited monarchy • Sun never set on the empire • Growing old gracefully • Traditional Legitimacy = hereditary ruling family had the right to rule • Constitution of the Crown = evolved documents, common law, and customs • Rational-legal Authority = system of well-established laws and procedures • Magna Carta – limited government • The Bill of Rights – rights of Parliament • Common Law – officials and courts set precedents for governance

GRADUAL EVOLUTION • Shaping of the monarchy • Ascendancy of Parliament • Industrial Revolution • Colonialism • Political Shifts • Welfare State • Thatcherism • Third Way • Big Society

POLITICAL CULTURE • Nationalism = pride in being British • Insularity = feeling of separation from Europe • Noblesse Oblige = duty of the upper class toward the lower • Welfare State = government responsibility toward the masses • Cultural Homogeneity = one accepted union • Multinationalism = different people and pasts

GEOGRAPHY • An Island • Small Size • Fertile Soil/Growing Season • Temperate Climate • No Barriers

REFLECTION • Great Britain or Little England • Free Market or Welfare State • Nationalism or Insularity • Reform or Revolution • Multi-cultural or Homogeneity

GRADUALISM • 1832 – Great Reform Act • Loss of Imperial Power • 1867 – Reform Act • Collective Consensus • 1884 – Representation of the People Act • Beveridge Report • 1918 – Women’s Suffrage • NHS

LEADERSHIP • Margret Thatcher • Neoliberalism • John Major • Third Way • Tony Blair • Big Society • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • Ed Miliband

NATIONAL IDENTITIES • England • Wales • Scotland • Northern Ireland • 40% White European • 23% Indian • 16% Pakastani • 12% Afro-Caribbean • 10% Black African

POLITICS OF PROTEST • Distinct Minority/Majority Cleavages • Decreasing Support for Labor Unions • Social Class Differences of Muslim • Increased Violence Over Northern Ireland • Pakistani Muslims • Thatcherism • Opposition to the Iraq War • New Labour • Lack of Integration of Minorities • Protests Over Iraq War

REFLECTION • Liberal or Conservative • Home Rule and Solidarity • Civic Culture or Politics of Protest • Social Class and Regional Factors • Gradualism or Revolution

POLITICAL PARTIES • Labour • Conservative • Liberal Democrats • Plaid Cymru • Scottish National • Sinn Fein • Democratic Unity • British National • UK Independence

ELECTIONS • Plurality = candidate with the most votes wins, winner-take-all, first-past-the-post • Regional elections – proportional representation • EP elections – direct election • Interest Group Pluralism: Competition • Neo-corporatism = interest groups that take the lead or dominate the state • Quangos = quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organizations • Cozy Media • BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation, arm of the government • Scandal and recent investigations

GOVERNMENT • Unitary – central authority in London • Parliamentary – no separation of powers between MPs and PM • Collective Cabinet – MPs with executive function over agencies • First Among Equals – PM becomes head of government from within Parliament (head of state is the monarchy) • The Government = PM, cabinet, front benchers • Back-benchers are lesser MPs • Loyal Opposition = second party out of power • Shadow Cabinet in opposition face the government

CURRENT PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES • Evolving relationship between government and economy • Transparency in government • Relationships with the European Union • Terrorism and cohesion • Relationships with the US • Devoluiton and constitutional reform

REFLECTION • UK government structures and US government structures • Labour and Conservative and Liberal Democrat Parties • The Government and the Parliament • House of Commons and House of Lords • Devolution and Constitutional Reform • EU and US

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