Society Flashcards
Workers continuity
TU decline- membership 26%
pro business attitude
contracting out
privatisation- 51% air traffic control and London Underground
Workers change
opted into social chapter
Globalisation- increased skills and productivity for ‘knowledge economy’
New deal programme helped unemployed
women continuity
women earned 15% less than men
labours emphasis on paid work devalued the unpaid work women did at home
women’s change
1. name of female foreign secretary
2.how many female MPs
3.how many hours of free child care
4.FTSE 100
1.Margret Becket
2.101 “Blairs babes”
3.12.5
4. more women in them
Youth Change
election celebration with Noel Gallagher and Vivienne Westwood
end social exclusion
sure start centres-advice to families
end child poverty-child tax credit brought it down 1/4
Connections advised teenagers on what to do after school
ASBO
when was social social exclusion unit set up
1997
what is ASBO
Antisocial Behaviour Order
impose curfews
proactive approach to decrease vandalism
where did asylum seekers come from
Iraq/ Afghanistan
name the first black cabinet minister
Paul boateng
what did 2012 Olympic Games show
multicultural society/success of Britain
what did the Macpherson report show
in response to Stephen Lawrence
identified institutional racism in MET police
why did racial tensions increase with muslims in July 2005
77 bombings- 52 dead by Mohammad Khan- well respected from yorkshire
more attacks but not detonated
issues of immigration
30% said it was an issue
press said multiculturalism threatened way of life
2006 national identity card controversial
how many more were in prisons
20,000
what happened with homosexuality
allowed in army
age of consent 16
same sex can adopt
section 28 repealed
“labour has done more for gay equality than any other government”
