英语国家概况_I_Unit_4.pptVIP

tiantianyeh Unit 4 Politics, Class and Race A Survey of English-Speaking Countries tiantianyeh Unit 4 Politics, Class and Race * tiantianyeh * Contents General Elections The Political Parties Class Race * tiantianyeh * General Elections ?Why are they important? ? When do elections occur? ? Who can stand for election as an MP? ? What happens in an election? * tiantianyeh * Why are they important? The election is seen as an opportunity to influence future government policy. * tiantianyeh * When do elections occur? After a government has been in power for 5 years it has to resign and hold a “general election”. There were some special out-of-rules in the history. * tiantianyeh * Who can stand for election as an MP? Anyone who is eligible to vote can stand as an MP. It is necessary only to make a deposit of 500 pounds. Its eccentric no-hopers running for parties make British election complete. * tiantianyeh * What happens in an election? ? Receiving a voting card on the “electoral register”. ? Holding electoral campaigns ? Handing over their cards in local voting station ? Counting begins. ? Celebrating Example of Electoral Register Electoral campaigns involves advertisement in newspapers, door-to-door campaign, leaflets, ads on TV etc. * tiantianyeh * Local voting station * tiantianyeh * Counting the votes * tiantianyeh * The Political Parties ? The history of political parties ? Major political parties in the UK * tiantianyeh * The history of political parties Whigs favored Protestantism Liberal Party Labor Party Tories opposed the doctrine of Whigs Conservative Party the mid-19th century the mid-19th century after the WWI * tiantianyeh * Class Class structure Causes of class-division Oxbridge * tiantianyeh * Class Structure upper class: people with incomes from rents and property payments middle class: people educated and dealt with paper in business or in a profession working class: people did manual labor the upper landed class: people controlled most