The making of a national portrait

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Three studies, each following around 17,000 Britons born in the same week in a given year throughout their entire lives, are providing a unique and detailed record of social change in the UK since the end of the second world war. The three surveys, which began in 1946, 1958 and 1970 respectively, show that the great social problems of our time stem from the interaction of various factors rather than having a single cause. The findings of the 1946 study were a major factor in the decision to abolish the 11-plus examination while the 1958 survey led to a drive for babies to be delivered in hospital.

Social surveys

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Why do we fail to shed tiers?

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The British have a perceptive approach to social class and do not rely on social or economic data to determine class, according to historian David Cannadine. He does not believe class can be defined as the historical conflict between social groups, but feels society can be perceived from three viewpoints: the distinction of the individual in comparison with those of an opposing stance; the collective social groupings; and the hierarchical model. In order to make the UK a 'classless society', hierarchy should be abolished and the two-tier educational system eradicated.

Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Social classes, Social class, British, Cannadine, David

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Feel-bad folly

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The UK press has made the public even less confident about job security, and Tony Blair's Labour Party with its Social Justice Commission Report, and Will Hutton, editor of the Observer newspaper, with his television series following his book 'The State We're In', are not helping the situation. According to William Waldegrave, Conservative Chief Secretary to the Treasury, who has quoted from the work of research fellow, Peter Robinson, of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, the situation is better than the Labour Party suggests.

Political activity, Blair, Tony, Interview, Employee morale

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