[15/04] CM 10 Margaret Thatcher > Political death: 1990. Her political demise was due to a vote of her own party. She became a threat to the new liberal project of the party. So John Major won the internal election and replaced her for a couple of years....
Lire la suite[08/04] CM 09 Les grands principes du Thatchérisme The UK form of liberalism & globalization (= result of a process, of certain policies: liberalism). This policy in the UK is a good example of how to work for capitalist interest. Profitable to the huge...
Lire la suite[25/03 CM 08] One of the first things which were done: post-war rationing. There was rationing during the war but tat continue after the war, the gvt was controlling the supplies. New measures: > 1946: National Insurance Act. Deals mainly with unemployment...
Lire la suite[11/03 CM 06] > Situation between 1920s and 1930s [High unemployment. A lot of policies had to be reduced.] In 1922 there was a decision to reduce state spending: the economics was slowing down. Because of “booms and slumps”: the economics starting to...
Lire la suite[04/03 CM 05] > National Insurance Act 1911: First part is about sickness, second part about unemployment. How many workers were actually concerned by this act ? It wasn't all the workers, only the extremelly poor ones. The national insurance act 1911...
Lire la suite[18/02 CM 04] Constitutionnal crisis 1911: expression of a social class conflict. Important to remember both aspect: constitutionnal crisis and origin / causes of that constitutionnal crisis. The social classes were working class, entrepreneurs, and the...
Lire la suite[ 04/02 CM 03] > Three acts: 1906, 1907, 1908. Asquith allowed to make socio-economic policies. > How liberals came to power ? They came to power in January 1906 with UK General Elections. The Liberals won a “landslide” victory (victoire écrasante). For...
Lire la suite[ 28/01 CM 02] The situation of the working class over the 19 th C. Britain find itself with a certain number of problems: which generate possible disturbances of the economic system. How to regulate the situation of unemployed workers ? The institutionnal...
Lire la suite[ 21/01 CM 01] • THEME/TOPIC “Social policy” / “Welfare” policies / “Socio-economic adjustment measures” These 2 first expressions were adopted because of their positive means. It's like “look, it's good, it's “social””. It's about what the Government...
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