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When studying a CONFLICT

• What is the root/history of this political
  struggle?
• Current status?
• How does the government attempt to resolve?

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When studying a CONFLICT
How do Linkage Institutions affect policy?
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Linkage Institutions
I. Political Parties Catch-All Ideological
v. Election-Orientated
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Linkage Institutions
II. Mass Media News v. Tabloids Free, Fair
Independent
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Linkage Institutions
III. Interest Groups TUC Labour and CBI
Conservative Limited Effectiveness Corporatism
direct access to parties

• Bureaucracy
• British Civil Service
• Permanent, Neutral, Professional
• Out Wait

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Linkage Institutions
V. Quangos (Quasi-Autonomous Non-Govt
Organization) Created by Parliament to put
government and private interests together on
policy-making boards (Like the EPA in the US)
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How have the following Prime Ministers dealt
CONFLICT?
Margret Thatcher (1979-1990) Tony Blair
(1997-2007) David Cameron (2010 present)
1945 1970s Collectivist Consensus Cross-party
support for the British Welfare State How has
the UK transitioned gradually in the past 40
years?
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Blair (dropped Clause IV) Third Way 4.
Regionalism (Devolution) 5. Iraq War 6.
Constitutional Reform 7. Unemployment

• Thatcher
• Privatization
• Regionalism (Ireland)
• Workers Strikes
• Welfare State

Cameron Big Society 8. Immigration 9.
Economy 10. Coalition Government
How has the government dealt with these
conflicts? Use Hauss and the BBC! 10 minutes
then we will discuss!
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ITS THE ECONOMY

• The Welfare State
• Managed Economy
• Cradle to the Grave
• Up to ¼ GDP
• Culture of Dependence?
• Thatcherism

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ITS THE ECONOMY
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Before the ACA
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ITS STILL THE ECONOMY

• The British Disease
• Unemployment
• 17 below poverty line

Source The Economist, 2008
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RACE - IMMIGRATION
English 83.6, Scottish 8.6, Welsh 4.9, Irish
2.9, Black 2 Indian 1.8 Pakistani 1.6 (2001
Census)
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RACE - IMMIGRATION
May 2010 77 Immigration should
decrease British Nationalist Party
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• Devolution
• 1999-present
• A Constitutional Reform
• Devo Max ()
• Scottish Referendum 2014

REGIONALISM
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REGIONALISM NORTHERN IRELAND
1905 Sinn Fein/IRA Formed 1948 Free Irish
State 1998 Good Friday Agreement - Power
Sharing 10 member executive -
108 Member Assembly - Nationalists v
Unionists 2002 Assembly Suspended 2005 IRA
Disarmament, Parliamentary Elections 2006 St.
Andrews Agreement 2007 Assembly Begins Sitting
(Again)
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REGIONALISM NORTHERN IRELAND
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

• Devolution
• House of Lords (Life Peerages)
• Supreme Court of the UK
• Direct Election of Mayors
• Human Rights Act of 1998
• Freedom of Information Act
• Political Parties Election Act

Constitutional Reform Act of 2005
What is the legacy of Tony Blair? What
Constitutional Reform is the most significant?
Prioritize these and be ready to justify your 1!

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