Britain in 2010

Days: Mondays, October 11 - November 15
Time: 10:30 - Noon
Place: Rose Room
Instructor: Dean Mahin

Tuition: $25.00 for enrollment
            $5.00 for walk-ins

This course will focus on political, economic, social, diplomatic and military developments in Britain in 2010. It will cover major differences between U.S. and British political and electoral systems; the results of the British election on May 6; the formation by the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties of the first coalition government in Britain since World War II; the policies of the new government on major domestic issues including deficit reduction, electoral and parliamentary reform, immigration, education, policing, health care, pensions and decentralization of governmental responsibilities to local governments in England and regional governments in Scotland and Wales; and British foreign policies including British roles in the European Union, NATO and the NATO operation in Afghanistan and the relationship between Britain and the U.S. Half or more of each class will be reserved for questions and discussion.

Dean Mahin has a BA in history and political science and a MA in international affairs. He worked in or for U.S. international agencies for forty years. In the late 1950s and earl 1960s he arranged the U.S. visits of a number of members of British parliament and British journalists. He has made four trips to Britain. Since 2004 he has been vice president for program coordination of the International Forum of SCC and a frequent moderator or panelist on Forum programs.