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UK Public Policy
Daniela Ganelin
Cultural Values
• Fair play• Authority• Tradition• Privacy• Individualism
Class Structure
• Elite• Established middle class• Technical middle class• New affluent workers• Traditional working class• Emergent service workers• Precariat, or precarious proletariat• Calculator
General Condition
• PPP: $36,880 (US: $50,610)• HDI: 26th (tie with Luxembourg)• Data explorer
Public Goods
• National Health Service• Welfare state• Benefits list• Media
Government and Business
• Mixed-market economy• Recession, debt, and unemployment
Environment
• Regulations for business• Pollution• EU involvement
Economic Relationship with EU
• Good or bad for UK? For EU?• Trade• European economy• Euroscepticism
US Relationship
• Military partnership• Balance with EU
Other Foreign Policy
• Syria?• Foreign aid• Commonwealth• Japan
Population and Migration
• Overcrowding• Illegal immigration
Religious and Ethnic Conflict
• Muslims– Sharia
• 2011 riots• Catholics
Civil Liberties
• Religion• Free speech– Internet
• Police• “Nanny State”?
Education
• State vs. public/independent schools– Uniforms
• Mostly subsidized higher education
Other Social Issues
• Trend toward liberal attitudes and policies
• Cleavages based on class/education, gender, and religion
• Quiz