class and the 'establishment'

Question 1

Britian in 1951

Answer 1

a deferential and conformist society, with ingrained respect for authority

Question 2

class loyalties are strong when it comes to general elections, give some evidence

Answer 2

it is estimated that at the 1951 election, 65% of working-class voters voted for the Labour Party and 80% of middle-class voters voted for the conservative party

Question 3

the suez crisis of 1956

Answer 3

exposed the blatant lying and manipulation by the government

Question 4

what encouraged the tendency to challenge authority?

Answer 4

the rise of CND from 1958
-Britain was becoming more of an individualist and less conformist society which was less willing to follow the lead set by Britain’s establishment.

Question 5

what did the establishment include

Answer 5

-the aristocracy, politicians,civil servants, judges
-most were very well off, but wealth was less important than background and connections
-mostly went to most exclusive public schools, and Oxford and Cambridge so often called ‘the old boy’s network’

Question 6

the conservative government between 1951 and 1964 seemed to be dominated by?

Answer 6

the establishment

Question 7

by late 1950s group of writers led the way in using arts to attack the behavior and attitudes of the established upper and upper-middle class they were called.

Answer 7

angry young men

Question 8

angry young men

Answer 8

-group of writers who rebelled against traditional theatre and literature, produced plays + books that they felt reflected contemporary society
-writing sarcastic, intense

Question 9

attacks may have led to some changes in social attitudes but?

Answer 9

the class system was certainly not broke