How many people left Europe from 1945-1960?
Half a million
Who was Jean-Marie Le Pen?
The founder of the 1972 National Front who blamed Muslims from Algeria for crime and unemployment in France
How did Muslims settle in Europe?
Unassimilated, difficult to participate in civil life, were not highly skilled, did not speak European languages
What did the French do with Muslim women wearing headscarves?
Tried to ban it in secular schools
European birth trends
1950s: 2.1, 1980s: 1.9, 1.47 in 2000s, 1.6 now
Why did birth rates reduce?
Postponement, economic crisis, caused aging population
What were Christian Democratic Parties?
Roman Catholic parties protecting church interests, democracy, economic growth, and opposing communism
Who was William B. Beveridge?
A British politician who created social insurance against predictable risks after WWII
Who was Clement Attlee?
Created the National Health Service, the British welfare state in 1945
What was Germany’s welfare state in the 1880s?
Bismarck’s social insurance to undermine Social Democratic Party
What was Britain’s social insurance before WWII?
Along with Germany, only insured against risks from disease, injured, and old age, unployment assumed to be the workers’ fault
What was Eastern Europe’s welfare states?
Communism provided social security and full employment
What was the reconstruction period?
1945-1950s
What was the period with steady and expanding economic growth?
1950s-1970s
What did the late 1970s have?
inflation, people believed market should regulate itself w/o gov involvement
What did the 1990s have?
Low growth and high employment
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
The British Conservative Party Leader who reasserted the importance of markets and resisted labor unions from 1979-1990
What did Margaret Thatcher do?
Cut taxes, curbed inflation, privatized industries, caused cost of services and welfare states to increase
Who is Simone de Beauvoir?
The most influential post-WWII feminist who published the Second Sex in 1949, exploring women’s different experiences
What were women’s issues?
Divorce favored men, spousal abuse had less attention
What were feminist works and journals?
1970s Emma and Spare Rib where women pursued independence
Causes of married women joining workforce
Single women left, consumer and healthcare improvements made it easier
Effects of married women joining workforce
Factories changed work shifts to accommodate needs, reduced housekeeping and childcare
Age of birth after WWII
Late 20s in WE, early in EE