3 Social Development Flashcards
What are the four main social developments?
- Demographic change
- Immigration
- Violence, criminality and Hooliganism
- Education
Society: name two main facts about the demographic change
Ageing population
Big class divide
Society: name two main facts about immigration
By 1958, 210,000 Commonwealth immigrants had settled in Britain
1958 Notting Hill riots
Main difficulties arose over accommodation
What was the Empire Windrush? When?
The Empire Windrush sailed from Jamaica to London in 1948
Carried 492 migrant workers
Number of inward migration in the 1950s? Number of outward migration in the 1950s?
676,000 immigrants were received
1.32 million Britons left for a new life abroad
Number of inward migration in the 1960s? Number of outward migration in the 1960s?
Inward migration was 1.25 million
Outward migration was 1.92 million
Summarise the Notting Hill riots
At the end of August 1958 there was a large concentration of Caribbean people in Notting Hill.
The area was rundown and tenants were exploited with overcrowded and badly maintained houses
At first the violence was mostly white youths attacking west Indians, then some violence concentrated in the other direction
The police were unprepared and lacked experience of dealing with the race riots
Society: name 3 main facts about violence, criminality and hooliganism
Young people were the first not to live during a war or national service after 1960
Crime dipped between 51 and 55, then rose due to the mods and rockers
Youths were on willing to accept the standards and values of the parents
Society: name two main facts about education
1944 education act attempted a tripartite system
Opposition towards the 11+ exams, seen as unfair and a psychological strain
Contributed to class divide
How many teenagers were estimated to be in Britain in 1959?
5 million, 10% of the population
Why were teenagers important to the government and the establishment
Teenagers had their own money to create their own culture and because of the quantity of teenagers they are more visible and more economically important
Who were Teddy boys?
They were linked with juvenile delinquency and rising crime
The dress sense and behaviour was seen to challenge the older people and their ideas of social order
Eventually replaced with mods and rockers
When did the mods and rockers reach Britain?
1955
What’s the difference between mods and rockers?
Rockers wore leather and listen to rock ‘n’ roll music
Mods wore smart suits and listened to ‘sophisticated’ pop music
What 2 aspects of society stayed similar?
- Position of Women
2. Class and the Establishment
