Agregext 2002 commentaire de texte en anglais

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Agrégation externe – Anglais Session 2002 Commentaire de texte en anglais. Durée 6 heures Labour ... looks upon social security and social services as the birthright of every citizen, normally speaking without test of means. There will, of course, always be special circumstances when an assessment of need is inevitable, but this must be the exception and not the rule. 5 Labour, then, reasserts its belief in the development of social services democratically organised to meet the essential needs of the whole community and in which the whole community participates as a matter of course. It does so because it accepts the moral obligation of making provision for the needs of the old and the weak. It does so because it believes in the economic gain to the whole community as well as to the 10 individual concerned of public spending on the social services. And it does so because it believes that as we develop our social services we can encourage a growing understanding of our common needs and reduce the pressure of the narrow personal acquisitive instincts of a capitalist society. We recognise, however, that this aim can only be achieved over a period of time and 15 with the positive encouragement of a much closer association of the social services with effective local democracy. It should be made much easier for all who want to do so to help in the work. Much more has to be done to explain the work of the services and how they affect each one ...

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Agrégation externe – Anglais

Session 2002

Commentaire de texte en anglais.

Durée 6 heures

Labour ... looks upon social security and social services as the birthright of every

citizen, normally speaking without test of means. There will, of course, always be

special circumstances when an assessment of need is inevitable, but this must be the

exception and not the rule.

Labour, then, reasserts its belief in the development of social services democratically

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organised to meet the essential needs of the whole community and in which the whole

community participates as a matter of course. It does so because it accepts the moral

obligation of making provision for the needs of the old and the weak. It does so

because it believes in the economic gain to the whole community as well as to the

individual concerned of public spending on the social services. And it does so because

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it believes that as we develop our social services we can encourage a growing

understanding of our common needs and reduce the pressure of the narrow personal

acquisitive instincts of a capitalist society.

We recognise, however, that this aim can only be achieved over a period of time and

with the positive encouragement of a much closer association of the social services

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with effective local democracy. It should be made much easier for all who want to do

so to help in the work. Much more has to be done to explain the work of the services

and how they affect each one of us as individuals. A responsible attitude towards the

services can be developed only if we can feel a much closer contact with and pride in

them, not merely as users but as providers, too.

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We are proud of the great structure of social welfare legislation which has been

implemented by the Labour Government, but at the same time we must guard against

complacency, as there is still much to be done. The five giants have been subdued. But

the battle ‘freedom from want’ is not yet over. There is still much avoidable distress,

for which social action and social effort are needed. The social services will need

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extending in the years ahead if we are to succeed in building a fairer and juster society,

and that means that they will cost more. However, social services are not the only

claim on the British economy at the moment. There are others no less important and

less urgent. We have to carry out our commitments within the United Nations

Organisation and contribute our share towards the efforts of the Atlantic Treaty

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countries. We must play our part in the struggle ‘towards world plenty’ by building up

the standard of life in the under-developed countries. We must export more of our

resources in the fight to attain economic independence. We can only achieve all these

ends by greater production through the sustained effort of the whole community. If we