Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Labour in power 1945-1951 1234- landslide victory re-entering peacetime labour’s achievements: economic- political- social Loss of the 1951 general election 1- Landslide victory: 1918‚ one year after the Bolshevik revolution –Clause IV- ‚ people made rules interpreted as social programs. The labour Party formed a national government in 1924‚ with equality with the liberated lasted 9
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HISTORY OF THE WELFARE STATE: The role and significance of the Beveridge Report in establishing the Welfare State in Britain. The purpose of this essay is to look at the long history of the Welfare State in Britain and the evolving social‚ economic and political changes in society today‚ as well as the birth of the Welfare State after the Second World War which was the turning point (watershed) in British History. The freshly appointed Labour government by then took on the job of setting up a
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create a communist state. The war showed the public that socialist policies and centralised power could in fact be successful and even advantageous for a country and so the fear of a possible slide into communism was quelled. Labour ministers like Attlee and Morrisson also built a good public image for themselves and their party‚ which both directly and indirectly affected their votes. The indirect affect of labour’s improved public image came about due to Churchill’s ill judged "Gestapo speech"
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government could improve post war Britain. He stated that they should begin by tackling the 5 Giant Evils : Want‚ Squalor‚ Disease (Health)‚ Ignorance and Idleness. This led to many social reforms and in 1945 when the labour party was elected into power‚ Clement Atlee was made priminister. This proved to be beneficial for the country and resulted in over 200 acts being passed from 1945 to 1948. One of the acts passed was the National Health Service act passed by the minister for health Aneurin Bevan. He
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Why did Labour win the 1945 election? There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime
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How far did the post-war Labour Government meet the welfare needs of the British people between 1945-1951? When the war ended in 1945‚ the Labour Government‚ led by Clement Atlee‚ were faced with tackling numerous problems that existed in Britain. Their aim was to meet the welfare needs of the British people who‚ during the war‚ got used to support provided by the government. In 1942‚ a Civil Servant and an experienced worker on social welfare named William Beveridge constructed a report which
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Formalist Approach: Characteristics: Theory of high art‚ focus on quality‚ retrospective specialisation (flatness)‚ self-definition. Key Terms: Flatness‚ surface‚ self-criticism‚ depth‚ medium specificity. For Greenberg‚ the key motivating force within modern art was the pursuit of quality (Art is a matter strictly of experience‚ not of principles‚ and what counts first and last in art is quality) By experience‚ he meant the practical aspect of making art and the artist’s attention
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Between 1945 and 1951 the Labour Government changed the face of Britain. Discuss. Between the years 1945 and 1951 the entire shape of Britain’s economy‚ society and government changed. After World War 2‚ Britain was left in economic and financial depression. Countries such as Japan and Germany‚ left in utter ruin from the war‚ ironically‚ were able to rebuild their economies faster‚ and better than we could improve ours. It was felt that a great change was required in Britain‚ and perhaps it was
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Progress An argumentation prompt styled after Question 3 on the examination for Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (Suggested time – 40 minutes. This question counts as one-third of the total essay section score.) Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening‚ ever-ascending‚ ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this‚ so far from discouraging‚ only adds to
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Clement Greenberg‚ “Modernist Painting” In his text entitled “Modernist Painting”‚ Greenberg focuses on the development of painting between the 14th and 19th century and emphasizes on what distinguishes Modernist painting from previous forms of painting‚ particularly those of the Old Masters. Greenberg begins by relating Modernist art to Kantian philosophy claiming that‚ the same way Kant used reason in order to examine the limits of reason‚ Modernist art is when art became self critical because
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