Thatcher government - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

These are the comprehensive notes that I made and used to revise for my BPG (British Politics and Government since 1900) finals exam. I achieved a 79 in this exam and these notes were a critical resource. They are very extensive and include key definitions, reading summaries, content structured in a thematic way, and essay plans. The topics covered are: the rise of the Labour Party; the Conservative Party in an Age of Mass Democracy; the Attlee Governments; Racism and Immigration in postwar Brit...

to what extent did the political landscape change 1918-79? ARGUMENT- changes massively, war most prominent change PARA 1- rise of labour+decline of the liberals. Lloyd-george outed asquith, seen as traitor. caused a split in the liberals, failed to reunite for 1918 election. Tories rejected coalition, allowed labour to rise. ww1 led to more trade union members, no more fptp. labour became the main opposition in 1929, parties shared the goal of getting rid of liberals PARA 2- ww2. the war ...

Conviction politics The belief that politics should be down to the individual ideas of each politician, not compromise/consensus Thought private companies were more efficient than government agencies as they had to make a profit whereas the government could afford to be wasteful What did Thatcher think of private vs government agencies? Welfare, unions, state intervention 3 things that Thatcher opposed Rule of Law Believing in the utmost importance of British law in politics to defend ...

The first female Prime Minister of Britain was Margaret Thatcher Gorbachev's twin policies of restrucuring and openess were primarily intyended to generate civic cooperation with the communist government to revitalize the Soviet economy A picture of the world immediately after the Second World War would include All of these The fourty - year history of the Cold War included all of the following EXCEPT direct armed conflicts in Berlin and Cuba The Warsaw Pact was a miltary alliance o...

Uneven development - The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy. Idea that capitalism produces variations in development outcomes across time/space Neoliberalism - A strategy for economic development that calls for free markets, balanced budgets, privatization, free trade, and minimal government intervention in the economy. small govt; anti-welfare, all about the individual - 1970s and on Reagan (US) and Tha...

2023 AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY 7042/2S COMPONENT 2S THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN, 1951– 2007 VERSION: 1.0 FINAL IB/M/JUN23/E5 7042/2S A-LEVEL HISTORYQUESTION PAPER & MARKING SCHEME FINAL 2024 UPDATE Robbins Report - ANSWER-The report that developed higher education in particular universities in 1963 Winston Churchill - ANSWER-Prime Minister from Anthony Eden - ANSWER-Prime Minister from Harold Macmillan - ANSWER-Prime Minister from Alec Douglas-Home - ANSWER-Prime Minister from Harold Wils...

Who was the Prime Minister ? Clement Attlee What were Attlee's main goals? enforce socialism, tax the rich to fund government projects to help all citizens. what was the beverage report 1942? Post war consensus agreed by labour that was applicable in Britain until destroyed by Thatcher. What were labour's main focus points between 1945 and 1951? - reduce unemployment - decrease homelessness - rebuild the economy - keep the peace Why did unemployment increase after the war? women h...

If God is dead, Ivan Karamazov insists, everything is permitted An invention of the late 1800s: the light bulb The problem of normativity concerns the gap between is and ought Nietzsche wants science to become more playful Dostoevsky: the vision of the anointed inevitably leads to narcissism A two-level theory includes a deep level that ____ what happens at the surface level. determines and explains Doyle's vision is tragic in that Sherlock Holmes has to mak...

Fitzgerald: "I get to the end of all the logic about non-resistance, and there, like an excluded middle, stands the whole heritage of youth. The surrealists have a perspective closest to that of Freud Communism can be defined as state ownership of the means of production Mussolini's establishment of a National Council of Experts, a minimum wage, a retirement system, and high, progressive tax rates helped to inspire Roosevelt's New Deal The prosperity of the 1920s broug...

Life in the UK test actual questions and answers with complete solution The Uk is made up of... England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland Great Britain only refers to Scotland, Wales and England Two Islands linked with the Uk but not part of it Isle of Man and the Channel Islands Two overseas Islands... Falkland island and St Helena island When did Britain become permanently separated from Europe and how? 10,000 years ago by the Channel. When did the first farmers arrive? And fro...