Evolution Of The Welfare State Flashcards
What is the poor law amendment act ?
Place poor people in very big houses to have food, clothes, bed and in exchange they had to work
When was the poor law amendment act ?
1834
When was created the National Insurance Act ?
1911
What are the 5 social problems in the Beveridge report ?
Ignorance, idleness, want, disease, squalor
When was the first oil crisis ?
1973
When was the winter of discontent ?
1979
What are Thatcher’s ideology ?
The new right, consensus was responsible of economic decline and less freedom, against too much intervention of the state in social
What were the bad consequences for people in the industrial revolution ?
People went to the cities to work but poor conditions, low pays, hard work and poverty increase. So the government at that time liberal decided it was time to increase social measures.
Who was Beveridge ?
A Liberal Senior Civil Servant
What are the implementations created after the Beveridge Report ?
Pensions to the old and widow
Maternity benefits
Family allowances
Creation of the National Health Service
What is the post war consensus ?
Every government elected between 1945 and 1979 pledge to maintain and improve the Welfare State.
When was elected Margaret Thatcher at the head of the Conservative Party ?
1974
Why Thatcher became Prime Minister ?
Because it happened the winter of discontent so people choose to not vote again for the Labour so they choose conservative and thatcher became Prime Minister.
What is Thatcherism ?
Monetarism, the only role of the governed is to control money supply.
What are the consequences of the Thatcher government ?
Privatisation Authoritarianism Sens of Victorian values Encouraging values and individual actions and responsibility. She raised taxes, keep inflation low. Privatise. Started a reform of NHS. Defence spending increase.
