Civilisation Britannique

Civilisation Britannique CHAPITRE 1: Introduction to contemporary Britain: Problematic: Is the UK becoming a « divided realm »? Britain is today a crowded island and has a population of almost 61,8 million. Because of its geographical status, Britain has always been a multi-ethnic nation. Immigrant arrived for diverse reasons such as religious persecution or economic reasons. More recently, immigration has become a hot political issue. To start with, we are going to deal with a series of

Pluralism This chapter deals with pluralism a very important aspect of British life and culture. A pluralistic society (sty) is a form of society in which members of minorities are recognized has having the right to retain their specific identity to hold their own believes and to maintain their own traditions. This is associated with a tolerant due and the recognition that diversity multiculturalism, a multi ethnic society is more positive than a closed one. This has very concrete implication

Political Parties in Britain I. The Conservative Party It is the oldest and most successful party. It was created at the end of the 17th century and they have governed England for most of the last 300 years. At the beginning, it was called the “Tory Party”. It represented the interests of the royal family, the Anglican Church, and also the aristocracy (the land owners). They changed their names in 1830 under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel => it became the “Conservative Party”

Les possessions britanniques : - certains protectorat sont anciens fin 19s : koweit, bahrein, aden (Yemen) - tous ces territoires autours du golfe arabo-persique sont essentiels sur la route des Indes britanniques surtout depuis l’ouverture du canal de Suez en 1869 -il est déclaré protectorat en 1914, le statut/système de l’Egypte est théoriquement une province de l’empire ottoman mais le pouvoir appartient au consul général britannique (khédive) -inclut à l’époque le Soudan, pays non indépendant

DEVOLUTION Devolution works in a sovereign state. It is the statutory granting of powers from the central government to government at a subnational level. It is a transfer of legislative authority and regulations towards parliaments or regional assemblies elected by direct vote. Devolution is not symetric in the United Kingdom. In the UK, government was created following simple majority referenda in Wales and Scotland in 1997. In 1998, the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and

CHAPITRE 3 : POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 1 - The decline of Monarchy and the rise of Parliament 2 -IJK Parliament: rote, legislation and elections (the House of Commons and the House of Lords) 3 - The Prime Minister and the Cabinet 4 - Political parties 5 - Foreign and defence policy 6 – Conclusion Britain is a constitutional monarchy: it is ruled by a king or queen who accepts the advice of Parliament. It is also a parliamentary democracy, a country whose government is controlled by

CM civilisation anglaise 3/11/2010 • Queen= warrant of the constitution/ institutions • prerogative of mercy and immunity (Barmherzigkeit und Sicherheit) • Queen delivers parliamentary speech written by the Prime Minister • Queen can open and dissolve the Parliament • always guided by the government, all action are taken in her name • ensures the symbolical unity of the country •

début du XXe siècle, l'Empire britannique couvre le quart des terres émergées et reste le plus vaste et le plus peuplé du monde (400 millions d'habitants et 30 millions de km²). En plus des dominions (Canada, Australie, Nouvelle-Zélande, Afrique du Sud, Terre-Neuve), la domination du RU s’étend sur une grande partie de l'Afrique (Egypte, Nigeria, Kenya, Ouganda, Zanzibar, Soudan) et de l’Asie (Inde, Birmanie, Tibet, Bornéo, Malaisie). Dans le Pacifique, les Britanniques s'emparent des îles Fidji mais

d'ailleurs ce qui achève la première colonisation de l'Amérique. De plus, l'Afrique est en grande partie inconnue des Européens. Quant à l'Inde, elle se trouve entre les mains de l'Etat britannique après la révolte des Cipayes de 1856, et la fin du monopôle de l'East India Company sur l'Inde. L'empire britannique s'installe à Singapour, en Nouvelle-Zélande, à Aden (Yémen) et, aussi, en Afrique du Sud. Enfin, la conquête de l'Algérie (1830-1870) se termine par la mise en place d'une administration

http://www.indiainstruments.de/pages/windinst/shahnai/shahnai _e.html o Wikipédia. (page consultée le 17 janvier 2007). Inde - Wikipédia, [En ligne]. Adresse URL : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inde Chronologie de l’Inde L'Inde ancienne La civilisation indienne se forme. L'Inde est en contact avec l'occident après l'expédition d'Alexandre le Grand. Elle commerce avec l'Empire romain et la Chine. Le védisme se transforme en hindouisme, le bouddhisme et le jaïnisme apparaissent. Des pélerins