31 - Social Liberalism And Anti-Establishment Culture Flashcards
What does “social liberalism” refer to politically and socially? What do proponents of this idea believe the government should look after?
A system that tries to balance individual liberties and citizen duties
Look after people without stifling individuality
Who supported the view of social liberalism? What is an example of an initiative promoted by this?
Major
Citizens’ Charter
What did Major’s period of office see the liberalisation of?
Attitudes independent from government interference
How many people felt homosexuality was immoral in 1990? How many a decade later?
69%
35%
What was more accepted throughout the 1990s? How many people faced persecution for their sexuality?
Homosexuality
Few
What became greater in tandem with social liberalism? What is this widely known as?
Hostility to the establishment
Anti-establishment culture
What did greater media coverage of establishment figures show about them? With whose attitudes did this become noticeable?
Their flaws
The Royal Family
Which Royal couple separated in 1992? What did the resultant revelations do significant harm towards?
Prince Charles and Princess Diana
Monarchy
Which other member of the Royals faced a break-up? What did coverage focus on?
Prince Andrew
His wife’s activities
Who had a field day with government sleaze? What turned leading politicians into figures of fun?
Satirists
Salacious gossip, even without substance
How did John Major himself appear to the public? In what popular satirical programme did his puppet appear entirely grey - clothing and complexion?
Dour and grey
Spitting Image
What culture of poor social behaviour and drunkenness was spoken about relating to celebrities? How should celebrities have really behaved?
Laddish culture
As role models
Where was the laddish culture trend noticeable in girls? Whose behaviour was this similar to?
In “ladette” behaviour
Men’s behaviour
What did some commentators believe people were abandoning altogether? What 2 things did they believe some people lived for?
Politics and current affairs
Work and pleasure
What were people still willing to get actively involved in? What is an example of this?
Causes
Environmental cause
What term was people getting actively involved in causes known as?
“Direct action”
Where did protests in the mid-1990s take place? Over what proposal?
Newbury
Bypass road
Where did Newbury protestors live? What would the chain themselves to to prevent work?
Trees
Objects
What was the name of the Newbury protestor that became a media star? What newspaper even gave him his own column?
“Swampy”
Sunday Mirror
What did the Newbury protests mean for the budget of the bypass road? How many months did the road take to complete?
It went 50% over budget
34 months
When was the Newbury bypass road completed? What consultation took place before future projects got underway?
1998
Local consultation
What development and culture did many people believe took place in the 1990s? What was introduced in 1994 for this theory?
Greed
The National Lottery
What did The National Lottery introduce after proving to be successful? When was this introduced?
Mid-week draws
1997
What were the chances of winning the Lottery like? How much in revenue came in during the first week from ticket sales?
Pitifully small
£50m
How many people were estimated to watch the Lottery results every Saturday night? What would they find out?
22 million people
The results of the winning balls
