Social Policy

Question 1

Point 1: what did their approach to social policy show and what was its impact ?

Answer 1

• a domestic manifestation of the great liberalising government that was in touch with a modern perseption of British society but it did leave areas of society dissatisfied and displeased
• overall a positive impact

Question 2

Point 1: three examples of acts

Answer 2

• May 1970 Equal pay Act men and women payed the same
• April 1968 Race Relations Act illegal to discrimltate in housing and employment
  -October 1967 Abortion Act legalising abortion under certain conditions

Question 3

How did some people negatively react to these acts ?

Answer 3

• Wilson himself was uncomfortable with many of these changes and many traditionalists were outraged at the laws legalising homosexuality, abortion and contraception
• Oct 1967 Abortion Act was though to encourage a permissive and promiscuous society by many traditionalists of the wartime generation

Question 4

POINT 2: increase of those from commonwealth nations ?

Answer 4

• many commonwealth citizens migrated to working class areas finding low paying jobs
• made many Labour voters in urban areas dissatisfied with Labour immigration policy
• Gov tightened immigration 65 and 68

Question 5

What is the overall judgement ?

Answer 5

Positive
- Britain became more modern and welcoming society which marched neighbouring countries such as US with an ongoing civil rights movement and a youth culture
- increase in education lead to a decline in traditionalist values within the youth and a blurring of class divisions

Question 6

Education and other countries

Answer 6

increase in education lead to a decline in traditionalist values within the youth and a blurring of class divisions

Us civil rights movement and a to with culture

Question 7

What is a limitation to this factor ?

Answer 7

Despite these changes being modern, liberal and progressive labour still lost office in 1970 despite most of these Acts being passed after the 1966 election showing that despite this there was a general dissatisfaction with economic policy

Question 8

Evidence for traditionalists ?

Answer 8

Mary Whitehouse campaign
- 400,000 followers against excessive violence, sex and bad language in BBC programmes