chapter 4: great britain. kesho-meter absolute monarchy limited monarchy parliamentary democracy
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Chapter 4:Chapter 4:Great Great
BritainBritain
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Kesho-meter
Absolute Monarchy
Limited Monarchy
Parliamentary Democracy
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Key Terms / Events
Lord Beveridge: The Abolition of Poverty
Oliver Cromwell
Robert Walpole
GRADUALISM
Collectivist Consensus
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• Why is the UK included in a course on Comparative Government?
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• 1. Incubator of Liberal Democracy
• 2. Gradualism and the Collectivist Consensus
• 3. One of world’s great powers and member of the UN Security Council
• 4. Political System is similar to others so a good starting point
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• Of course, times change. Today only 1 and 4 are correct still. So the best answer to the question is that historical connection which means we can learn how democracies develop by studying Britain.
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• 4 Key Themes – things that set Great Britain apart from other democracies
• 1. Gradualism – What?
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• 1. Gradualism – the belief that change should occur slowly or incrementally.
• This has allowed British Democracy to develop successfully without as much conflict as other countries.
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BRITISH EVOLUTION
• The British were able to deal with each phase of democratic development separately and without devastating problems – the people reached a general consensus and avoided chaotic divisions in society – thanks mainly to Gradualism and their political culture
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Themes:
• 2. The relative economic decline of the UK and its political implications
• EXPLAIN!
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Themes:
• 2. GB is not a poor country but its economic growth has lagged behind its democratic competitors
• Germany and France have higher standards of living
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Themes
• 3. The end of collectivist consensus
• What?
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Questions
• 3. The collectivist consensus
Cross-party support for the
welfare state that lasted until the
late 1970’s
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Questions
• 4. How Conservative Gov’ts (Thatcher) in 1980’s and 1990’s redefined political life and brought about a renewal of a free market economy
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Questions
• 4. Impact of “New Labour” and Tony Blair – WHAT?
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Thinking About BritainThinking About Britain
• Key Questions
• 4. Impact of “New Labour” and Tony Blair – Radical Reorganization and restructuring / adaptation of the Labour Party in order to survive
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BRITISH EVOLUTION
• One divisive issue in British society is CLASS but it did not lead to long, intense conflicts
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BRITISH EVOLUTION
• Does the UK have a single, written Constitution?
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• 1. NO but there is a “Constitution of the Crown” which refers to important documents created over time including common law precedents, legal codes, and customs
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• 1. “Constitution of the Crown”
• MAGNA CARTA
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• 1. “Constitution of the Crown”
• MAGNA CARTA – When and what significance?
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• 1. “Constitution of the Crown”
• MAGNA CARTA 1215 – King John agreed to consult nobles before important decisions on taxing and spending $$$
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• 1. “Constitution of the Crown”
• MAGNA CARTA 1215
• Great Counsel (precursor to House of Lords) created from Nobles and churchmen
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• 1. “Constitution of the Crown”
• MAGNA CARTA 1215
• LIMITED GOVERNMENT – King is no longer an absolute Monarch
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• 1. “Constitution of the Crown”
• Significance is that the broad outline of a state was in place with gov’t powers shared between King and Parliament
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• Next – 1532-36 – King Henry VIII brakes with Rome and forms Church of England
• -Start of a gradual shift to depoliticize the church and remove religion as a deeply divisive issue by early 1700’s
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• Next – Civil War of 1640’s – Cromwell overthrows monarch and beheads Charles I
• But by 1660 Charles II is back on throne but with more limited powers- forced to accept role of Parliament
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• Next – The Glorious Revolution of 1688
• Clear that King would remain Anglican and would be accountable to parliament
• Created Constitutional Monarchy
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• Next – The British Bill of Rights of 1689
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• 2. “Constitution of the Crown”
• BILL OF RIGHTS – 1689 – Not your Father’s Bill of Rights – Why was this important?
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• 2. “Constitution of the Crown”• BILL OF RIGHTS – 1689 – List of
rights contained by Parliament not individual citizens
• Impact is important policy making power goes to Parliament including the power of the purse! $$$$$$$$$$$
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• 1701 Act of Settlement – created procedures for succession to Throne and asserted that King and Queen had to govern according to Parliament’s laws
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• 1707 – Queen Anne was the last Monarch to fail to give her royal assent to a Bill of Parliament
• Next, George I stopped going to cabinet meetings.
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• 2. EVOLUTION
• B. Ascendancy of Parliament – Who was Robert Walpole?
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• 2. EVOLUTION
• B. Ascendancy of Parliament – Who was Robert Walpole? 1st PM to King George III – firmly established the power of the King’s PM
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• RESULT - Shaping of the Monarchy – the British Limited Monarchy dates back to the 13th century
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• What 2 economic influences combined to make England a major power?
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• Imperialism / Colonial mercantilism
• The Industrial Revolution
• What was the big deal?
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• End of the Feudal System
• Trade worldwide leads to unprecedented wealth held by a new class of merchants and business people
• These groups want power over policy
• Peasants life changes – rural to urban
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• Next – 1832 – Great Reform Act – start of the evolution of taking power from small elite and giving it to workers / people
• It extended male suffrage by about 300,000
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• Next – 1832 – Great Reform Act – Significance? Showed that British elite was willing to adapt to changing circumstances rather than cling to power and risk revolution
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• Next – 1867 – 2nd Reform Act• Doubled the size of the electorate to 3
million • 1st modern political parties formed by
leaders in Parliament who need support of new voters
• Leads to Party Leaders controlling electoral process today
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• Next – Representation of the People Acts of 1884 and 1885 –
• Expanded suffrage to the point where working- class males were now the majority of the electorate
• SO??
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• Next – early 20th century – all men could vote
• 1918-1928 – women can vote
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• 1911 – Final step in evolution of modern British Parliamentary Democracy as the House of Lords stripped of final real power
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• 1926 – Trades Union Congress organizes peaceful strikes over working conditions
• 1929 – Great Depression hits UK
• Then WWII
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• 1945 to Mid – 1970’s – The Collectivist Consensus
• WHAT???
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• 1945 to Mid – 1970’s – The Collectivist Consensus
• Cross-Party British support for the welfare state with an emphasis on class, consensus, and cooperation
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• Cross Party support for full employment, provision of social services to give at least a subsistence level living, cooperation with labor unions, and active gov’t intervention to secure economic growth
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• How did CC start? With Churchill during WWII in terms of planning out the war.
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• What is the 1942 BEVERIDGE REPORT?
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• 1942 BEVERIDGE REPORT – Commission set up by Churchill to overhaul the social services system – It called for a social insurance program for every citizen to get healthcare, unemployment, pension and other benefits to guarantee a subsistence level of income
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• 1948 – NHS Created – The National health Service
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• The CC would control UK for 30 years but it would NOT last. The end of the rapid economic growth in the late 1970’s and deeper political divisions would arise
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• 1979 – The Iron Lady comes to power!!!
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• D. Modern Britain
• Thatcher v. Blair
• Labour v. Tories / Conservatives
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• D. Modern Britain
• The Labour Party and Tony Blair
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