37 - Social Issues And Britain As A Multi-Cultural Society Flashcards
What changed significantly in many ways during the Blair years?
Society
What was the UK population by 2006? How much had this risen since 1971?
60.5 million
5 million
What was the UK average age in 1971? What was the age in 2006?
34
39
What was noticeable about the population? What group had doubled in population between 1956-2006?
It was ageing
Pensioners
What was a significant implication about more people being over the retirement age? Who did this unjust burden fall upon?
Fewer people were in work to support them
Working population
What did one TV drama-documentary envisage a war between?
Young and old
What did many women have complete equality in? What did many assume in the 1980s/90s?
Law
They “could have it all”
What 3 things did many assume women “could have it all” in during the 1980s/90s?
Families
Children
Careers
What was there more than 100 of in politics for the first time in 1997? What term did the media patronisingly refer them as?
More than 100 female MPs
“Blair’s babes”
What “ceiling” was still present in plentiful cases in the workplace? What else was present?
“Glass ceilings”
Sexism
What 2 organisations were “glass ceilings” and sexism present in due to newly founded equality?
Financial organisations
Police
What 2 things did women feel they had to take responsibility for? What was this on top of?
Housework and childcare
Responsible jobs
What was the question of female employment seen as? Who had to work to pay bills?
Red herring
Women and their partners
What “Deal” did Blair announce for the youth? What age group was this Deal meant to create jobs for?
“New Deal”
Young people under 25
How much did youth employment fall in Blair’s first year? How many had moved into employment by 2001 following the New Deal?
40%
200,000
What did critics argue about the New Deal’s costs? Who disputed this figure?
Each new job cost the taxpayer £20k
Blair’s government
What was an issue with 1 in 4 jobs under the New Deal? When did they end after?
They were temporary
13 weeks
What was one solution to an ageing population? When did an enlargement of the EU take place?
Encouraging immigration
2004
What did EU enlargement see the entry of? What are 2 examples of this?
Eastern European countries
Latvia and Poland
Approximately how many Poles had immigrated to Britain from 2004-06? What did they transform?
1 million
Centres of rural employment
What were attitudes like towards immigration? What concern was raised about local services?
Mostly positive
Pressure
What was a future implication as a result of immigration?
Migrants also brought their families to settle
What riots were Britain marred by at the beginning of the 21st century? What is one place that this took place?
Race riots
Oldham
What did some people feel about integration following race riots? What did some feel about communities?
It didn’t work
Too ethically divided
What did the most harsh voices of integration suggest about cultural values? What attitudes did they cite to suggest this?
They were too diverse for integration to work
Attitudes to women
What were 2 issues the most harsh voices suggested women faced?
Forced marriages
FGM
What was there a growing concern of? Who of specifically?
Radicalisation
Muslims
Where were all the terrorists of 7/7 born? What did this mean for criticisms of multi-culturalism?
Britain
They were groundless
What Act was passed in 2006? Who was this meant to protect?
Religious Hatred Act 2006
People from being abused
What did critics of the 2006 Religious Hatred Act believe about hatred?
Too vague to be defined in law
