unit 3 (British and American Studies)英美文化 教学课件

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Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.1.3 Beliefs & Policies of the Major Parties
Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.1 Political Parties
1.1.1 Party politics & major Political Parties in Britain Major political Parties in Britain
➢There are now ___th_r_e_e___ main parties in Britain, though only two of these have a real chance of forming government: the _c_o_n_s_e_r_v_a_ti_v_e_ Party and the _L_a_b_o_u_r_ Party. The third party is the social &Liberal Democratic Party.
Labour Party manual workers, Middle, uppermiddle classes
Social Democrats
Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.1.3 Beliefs & Policies of the Major Parties ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in political spectrum
Labour Party Beliefs
➢The basic doctrine was based on socialism, the goal was to promote national and individual growth, not the uprising of one class by overthrowing another one.
Left
Center
Right
Communist Labour Liberal Conservative Fascist
Public ownership
Conservative Beliefs
‘Mixed’ Economy
Authoritarian State– free market economy
Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.1 Political Parties
1.1.1 Party politics & major Political Parties in Britain
Party Politics ➢In the United Kingdom, politics is under the control of political parties, and this is known as _P_a_r_ty__P_o_li_ti_c_s_. ➢British government is produced through contest between two major political parties every five years. British voters consider the transfer between parties as a effective way of making government more __re_s_p_o_n_s_iv_e__to their demands.
Conservative Party
Middle, upper-middle classes
Liberals
19th Century Trade union, liberals, socialists,
progressive intellectuals
Conservative Party
Middle, upper-middle classes, 20th Century Well-to-do workers
➢It is firmly committed to the state welfare system.
Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.2 Elections
1.2.1 Basic Principles of Elections Goal of Election
Wales
Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.1 Political Parties
1.1.2 Evolution of Multi-Party Democracy
Tories
Big landowners, Anglican
17th Century
Whigs
small landowners, tradesmen, protestant dissenters
Conservative Beliefs ➢Economically, it stands for free enterprise and privatization of state-owned firms. ➢Attach more importance to efficiency and economic prosperity than the goal of economy.
Unit 3 Politics and Law
1.1.3 Beliefs & Policies of the Major Parties Labour Party Beliefs ➢It advocates class cooperation so as to achieve social and economic equality. ➢It believe the need for central government planning so that market can develop soundly.