WHAT BRITONS QUARREL ABOUT

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WHAT BRITONS QUARREL ABOUT

• Chapter 6 Notes
• Mr. Kuzmich
• AP Comparative Government

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Journal Question

• Some observers have argued that while Britain
  was the worlds first industrialized country, it
  never fully developed industrial attitudes?
• Do you agree or disagree, and why?

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Guy Fawkes Day

• November 5th, 1605
• Gunpowder Plot
• Bonfire Day

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What a Party!?!

• Political Ideology Insanity, Satire, Pragmatism,
  Existentialism
• Political Position Left-right

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• House of ?
• How many MPs?
• How long is my term?
• Are carpetbaggers allowed?

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House of Commons Seats

• Party Affiliation
• Labour Party 352 
• Conservative Party 196 
• Liberal Democrats 63 
• Democratic Unionist Party 9  
• Scottish National Party 6 
• Sinn Féin 5
• Plaid Cymru 3 
• Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 
• Independents 1
• Independent Labour 1
• Ulster Unionist Party 1 
• RESPECT The Unity Coalition 1 
• Health Concern 1 
• Speaker and Deputies 4  
• Total 646 
• Government Majority 62

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Approaches to Study

• Psycho-cultural peoples attitudes
• Politico-economic what happens in
  the physical world

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The British Disease

• Relative decline failing to keep up
  economically with other nations
• VERSUS
• Absolute decline growing weaker economically
  compared to ones own past

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The British Disease

• Deindustrialization decline of heavy
  industry
• Productivity efficiency with which goods and
  services are manufactured GO TO PG. 89

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The British Disease

• Consumption Buying goods and services
• VERSUS
• Production Making goods and services
• Inflation increase in most prices

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The Thatcher Cure

• Cut welfare benefits and industry subsidies and
  you will force with some pain a change in
  attitudes, argued Thatcherites.
• Michael Roskin

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The Thatcher Cure

• Monetarism rate of growth of the money supply
  governs much economic development
• Privatization selling state-owned industry to
  private interests
• Deregulation cutting government rules on
  industry

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The Thatcher Cure

• Entitlements spending programs citizens are
  automatically entitled to, such as Social
  Security
• Recession a shrinking economy, indicated by
  falling GDP

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The Thatcher Cure

• Welfare state political system that
  redistributes wealth from rich to poor, standard
  in Western Europe
• Taxes of welfare state - Page 88

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Which Blair Project?
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Which Blair Project?

• Blair will go down in history as Britains
  modernizer.
• Michael Roskin
• Go To Pages 90 - 91

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Tomorrow

• Britains
• Quarrelsome
• Issues
• Please read pages 90 - 98

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