... and dominant. A rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues promoted a secular view of the world and a general sense of progress and perfectibility. 2 The major champions of these concepts were the philosophes, who popularized and promulgated the new ideas for the general reading public. These proponents of the Enlightenment shared certain basic attitudes. With supreme ... , representative government, and constitutions. The failed attempts of the urban lower middle classes to secure economic and political gains foreshadowed the class conflicts of...

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... ) was clearly ruining Britain because of the dangerous increase of the Trade Unions' power throughout the consensus. Precedent recognition that they were impeding on Britain's potential growth existed: in 1969, Barbara Castle's white paper, "In Place of Strife," aimed at limiting their power and the "Industrial Relations Act" implemented in 1970, failed to reduce their supremacy effectively. Yet, the rejection of ... violence, massive striking and riots emerged, spreading in most of the industrial areas. Despite this, her policies did drastically change the face of Britain, paving the wa...

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