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Britain 2/3, Social and Cultural change - Coggle Diagram
Britain 2/3
Cultural changes
Technological changes such as space tech,satellites,ATM machines
Mass expansion of media
Increase in homes owning TV's
Main changes of society between 1964-1970
Increasing education and social mobility for working class youth and women
Respectful, deferential society of post-war Britain was becoming more open and concerned with individual freedoms and took part in demonstrations
Backlash against social conservatives who disapproved of the ‘breakdown in morality’
Demographic change
Continued influx of immigrants
Accelerated shift of population to new housing developments and council estates that were replacing old urban areas affected by slum clearance
Road transport and private car ownership – fragmented established communities and led to the ‘FLIGHT TO THE SUBURBS’ resulting in urban blight in the cities
Women’s lives
Easier divorce created greater freedoms
However woman still had limited economical independence
Immigration
Continuing influx from New Commonwealth = social tensions 1950’s that by 1960’s had not faded.
Permissive society=a society in which social norms become increasingly liberal
Availability of contraception become more widely accessible
Social and Cultural change