LOND 921 - From Thatcher to Blair: Recent Economic Policy in Britain

4 SS

First Semester.  During the 1980s, Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher privatized many state-owned industries. More recently, the (formerly socialist) Labour Party has continued the process of privatization. This course will examine continuity and change in recent British economic policy at three levels: i) policy concerning Britain’s role in the global economy, including economic relations with Commonwealth nations and the European Union; ii) recent changes in the British welfare state, including the provision of health care and more generally policy towards the distribution of economic opportunity and income; iii) Britain’s policy concerning ethnic and cultural minorities, with a focus on employment opportunities and relevant impacts of policies under i) and ii). We will invite speakers from and visit relevant government agencies, policy think tanks, political parties and NGO’s. We will tour Parliament and at least one ministry or commission.

Prerequisites & Notes
Counts as regular applied 200-level course credit in the major. Prerequisite: Economics 101.

Mr. Ferguson

 

Credits: 4 Credits