British Culture
English Seminar
English Seminar
Kartei Details
| Karten | 10 |
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| Sprache | English |
| Stufe | Universität |
| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 26.05.2010 / 25.02.2022 |
| Lizenzierung | Kein Urheberrechtsschutz (CC0) |
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Date plus important facts Victory of Europe Day?
- 8 May 1945
- Churchill emphasises British duty
- Achievement in war
- only country to have faced the Nazis from beginning
>Churchill was v. patriotic, thought Empire would last
Education Act?
- 1944
- Ensured secondary education for everyone
- perpetuates class system > 11+ Exam
led to social divisions
-private sector intact, maintaining other social divisions
Beginnings of the welfare state?
>Beveridge report (1942)> for new welfare system
>Proposal for comprehensive welfare system:free national health service, child allowances, national insurance
>combat the five giants: WANT; DISEASE; IGNORANCE; SQUALOR; IDLENESS
> principles of universality and egalitarianism
> Familiy allowance act, women could pick up 25p child
The National Health System?
1948
>doing sth. moral
>trying to build Jerusalem, but economy crisis came along
> end of land lease
==> CORE OF BRITAIN'S WELFARE SYSTEM
Financing the postwar?
> after WWII, Britain was the biggest debtor > weeks away from bankrupt
==> USA had to help out, GB future in U.S. hands because of loans
> U.S. loan: pound became convertable to $ >people exchanged them
U.S. $ sinks, loan not worth that much!
==> economic dependence, CINEMA: cultural independence
The values that wartime emphasized?
-Equality
-Social cohesion
-Breaking down of class barriers
-Communal effort as opposed to private gain
1945 General Election?
Labour in Power: 1945-51
>began large scale programme of social reforms, creating welfare state
>Impelmented Keynesian economic policies, notably state control of key industries
> oversaw beginning of postcolonial era
Building the welfare state: social security
Principles of universality and egalitarianism
>abolition of poverty by attacking main causes: illness, unemployment, old age
Family Allowance Act 1945: 25p/week per 2+ children, implemented in August 1946
National Insurance Act: sickness, unemployment and pension benefits
