Lecture 6: Britain 1—why are the British so old-fashioned?
A.
What is the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom = England + Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland
A multinational and multiethnic state
Nationalism and separatism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales
New immigrants, many from former colonies
India, Pakistan
Caribbean
Africa
The Four Circles (Competing identities) of Britain
The British Union
The Empire/Commonwealth
Anglo-America
Europe
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B.
British Society
The greatest modern empire
The first parliamentary democracy
The first industrialized country
The first capitalist country
The most urbanized country
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A highly centralized (monocephalic) society(financially, politically, culturally)
one
city (London) dominants the country
Smart people who can interpret the Constitution
Britain in decline throughout the 20
th
century
C.
Why study British Politics
Unique influence on U.S. politics

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- Winter '11
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- Nationalism, country Smart people, British Constitution Unwritten, British Constitution Constitutional
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