Britishness

Perspectives on the British Question
Herausgegeben von Gamble, Andrew; Wright, Tony

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Produktbeschreibung

What is Britishness? Should it be promoted? If so, by whom? These are some of the questions tackled in this wide-ranging discussion of the British question. Distinguished contributors from a range of disciplines explore the question of Britishness - past, present and future.

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Distinguished contributors from a range of disciplines explore the question of Britishness - past, present and future.

A lively and authoritative discussion of an important, timely and contemporary issue

Investigates how devolution has brought a new focus on the future of Britain and the nature of Britishness

Discusses the challenge of a more diverse society, with the search for a basis of social cohesion and solidarity

Examines Gordon Brown s Britishness project, with its aim of producing a statement of British values

Produktdetails

• Political Quarterly Special Issues
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405192690
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 244g
• ISBN-13: 9781405192699
• ISBN-10: 1405192690
• Artikelnr.: 26469748

Autorenporträt

Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is joint editor of The Political Quarterly and his books include Between Europe and America: The Future of British Politics (2003) and Politics and Fate (2000). Tony Wright is MP for Cannock Chase and Chairman of the Public Administration Committee in the House of Commons. He is joint editor of The Political Quarterly and his books include The British Political Process (1999) and Socialisms: Old and New (1996). Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright have also co-edited The New Social Democracy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Britishness Question (Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright). 1.
'Bursting with Skeletons': Britishness after Empire (David Marquand). 2.
Does Britishness Still Matter in the Twenty-First Century - and How Much
and How Well Do the Politicians Care? (Linda Colley). 3. Being British
(Bhikhu Parekh). 4. Britishness: a Role for the State? (Varun Uberoi and
Iain McLean). 5. England and Britain, Europe and the Anglosphere (David
Willetts). 6. What Britishness means to the British (Peter Kellner). 7. The
BBC and Metabolising Britishness. Critical Patriotism (Jean Seaton). 8.
Don't Mess with the Missionary Man: Brown, Moral Compasses and the Road to
Britishness (Gerry Hassan). 9. Britishness and the Future of the Union
(Robert Hazell). 10. Devolution, Britishness and the Future of the Union
(Charlie Jeffery). 11. Englishness in Contemporary British Politics
(Richard English, Richard Hayton and Michael Kenny)> 12. The Wager of
Devolution and the Challenge to Britishness (Arthur Aughey) 13. Do We
Really Need Britannia? (Bernard Crick). 14. Churchill's Dover Speech (1946)
(Peter Hennessy). Index.