John Oakland

Contemporary Britain

A Survey With Texts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a wide-ranging collection of sources concerning every important aspect of life in Britain today, from national identity to moral panics and offers an accurate snapshot of life in Britain at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415150378
• ISBN-10: 041515037X
• Artikelnr.: 22772241

Autorenporträt

John Oakland

Inhaltsangabe

1.Contemporary Britain: The Context Decline The Establishment
Centralization and Democracy Models of British Society 2. Images of Britain
External Images Internal Images Contrasting Images The People's Images 3.
National Identities Britishness Tensions Change and Reaction Public Opinion
4. Political Ideologies The Labour Party The Conservative Party The Liberal
Democrats 5. Constitutional Reform The British Constitution Devolution The
House of Lords Civil Liberties 6. Britain and the World Foreign Policy
Europe and the European Union The Euro (Common Currency) Debate The
Commonwealth Defence Policy and NATO 7. Central Social Institutions The
Welfare State Social Security Poverty The National Health Service (NHS)
Education 8. Social Behaviour and 'Moral Panics' Teenage Pregnancies and
Drugs Crime and the Fear of Crime Marriage Racism Moral Concern Religious
Behaviour