United Kingdom Ann Novelli and Ellen Piehl
Jan 03, 2016
United Kingdom
Ann Novelli and Ellen Piehl
Composition
• Four nations• England• Scotland• Wales• Northern Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
NorthernIreland
Quick Facts
• Capital – London• Population - 60,943,912• Area - 94,060 miles2
• Population density - 650 people per miles2
Government
• Parliamentary system• Constitutional monarchy• Two houses of parliament
• Upper House of Lords• Lower House of Commons
• Coalition government• Conservatives• Liberal Democrats
UK Edition
UK Terms
• Rational-legal authority – a system of well-established laws and procedures
• Collectivist consensus – cross-party support for the welfare state
• Thatcherism - a conservative, capitalist backlash to collectivist politics
• Third Way - attempts to transcend right-wing and left-wing politics through compromise
Nation
• A group of people who feel a sense of common identity through common bonds of ethnicity, history, language, and religion
• Wales• Scotland• England• Northern Ireland
Welsh Recordinghttp://www.archive.org/details/rosettaproject_cym_vertext-1
State
• A political entity having sovereignty within geographic borders and in relation to other sovereign entities
• Territory and a population• Government• Recognition of its sovereignty by
others• United Kingdom
Legitimacy
• Tradition• Monarchy and early limitations
• Rule of law• “Constitution of the Crown”
• Nationalism• Civic nationalism
Tuition Fees History
• Higher education free until 1990s• 1997 Dearing Report• Teaching and Higher Education Act of 1998
• Instituted £ 1000 maximum fee per year• Maximum fees around £ 3000 per year during
Blair’s government
Current Fees Increases
• Based on October 2010 Browne Report• Government has imposed a £9,000 per year
cap• Students pay back fees after graduation• Payments based on student’s incomes
• Under £25,000, students pay nothing• 25% will pay less than the current fees• 60% will never pay the full fees
Pro Increases
• Government suffers from a lack of funds and a huge deficit
• Unfair to cut spending in other sectors and ignore education
• Universities need money• No immediate financial burden on students• Payments based on incomes after graduation
• Those who can afford to pay more
VideoNick Clegg on Tuition Increases
Against Increases
• UK students view free or cheap education as a right
• No tradition of tuition fees being a family cost • Students usually pay for their own education
• Increases amount to a tax on university students
Multiculturalism
• February 5, 2011 – David Cameron stated that multiculturalism has failed in the UK
• Multiculturalism “encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and apart from the mainstream”
• Weakening of the collective identity• Cites the need for a shared national identity
David Cameron’s Speech
• Cameron explains that a liberal country believes in certain values and actively promotes them
• Immigrants should speak the language of their new home
• People should be educated in the elements of common culture
• National Citizen Service
VideoIslam Response
Current Events – Tuition fees
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12409419• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham
-12288343• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/93135
57.stm• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11990316• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12435602
Current Event - Multiculturalism
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12374039
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994
• http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/speeches-and-transcripts/2011/02/pms-speech-at-munich-security-conference-60293
Multiculturalism
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12381027
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12372632• Opposing Cameron’s speech