EU Study Guide
EU Study Guide
EU Study Guide
Values include
secularism, reasoning, materialism, technology etc.
Post-Modernism-conservation of environment, better health, and education
If work in primary sector decrease and secondary sector increases industrialization
Primary sector-extraction of resources
Secondary sector-using resources to create finished products
Important Docs that legitimize Britain rational-legal authority are common law, the Bill
of Right, and Magna Carta
Rational Legal Authority-system of well established rules and procedures
Third Way is a middle ground between Leftist Labour and Thatcher’s Rightist
Nobless Oblige a factor in willingness to accept welfare state
Good Friday Agreement of 1998 Devolution of power to a northern Ireland Parliament
Working Class vote Labour.
Middle Class support Conservative
However these party loyalties have begun to blur
Rural England votes conservative.
Conservatives-private industry, market economy, fewer social welfare programs, less
E.U.
Speaker of house objectively presides over debates in House of Commons
British House of Commons cannot initiate policy and legislation
Top level bureaucrats serve as a major source of stability because they make a career of
government service
Britain has not adopted the Euro
Insularity has prevented Britain from engaging more in E.U.
Collective Responsibility is most displayed in the cabinet
Thatcher=neoliberalism
Neoliberalism-greater economic freedom for individuals and the marker
E.U. enlargement resulted in influx of eastern Europeans.
British National Party and UK Independence Party support rightist policies
Neo-corporatism-interest groups are the ones that really control government
Insularity-separation from the rest of Europe.
Aging of population has put a strain on National Healthcare
UK devolved powers created Scottish Parliament, Welsh Parliament, Mayor of London,
General Assembly of London
Nobless Oblige supports expansionism
Liberal Democratic party is able to grab up a good percentage of vote but unable to get
seats in house of commons
Question Time holds prime minister and parliament accountable
Prime Minister can’t disband house of Lords
Top level bureaucrats are experts in their field.
British Law Lords don’t have judicial review
Parliamentary Sovereignty says that Parliament