 Modernism-a set of values that come along with industrialization.

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

European Union
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