| Description |
xv, 253 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 Conternporary Britain: the context 1 -- Decline 4 -- 1 Britain in Decline, Andrew Gamble 4 -- The Establishment 10 -- 2 'Large bottoms rule, okay?', Robert Harris 10 -- 3 Johi Patten 12 -- 4 Paddy Ashdown 13 -- Centrali ation and democracy 15 -- 5 'Pary of freedom has shackled us all to the state', -- Simon Jenkins 16 -- 6 '"Cool Britannia" looks more like Fool Britannia', -- Philip Bowring 19 -- 7 The Essential Anatomy of Britain: Democracy in Crisis, -- Anthony Sampson 20 -- Models of British society 21 -- 8 Understanding Post-War British Society, James Obelkevich -- and Peter Catterall 21 -- Exercise 27 -- Further reading 28 -- Notes 28 -- 2 Images of Britain 29 -- External images 30 -- 1 'An Italian in London', Beppe Severgnini 30 -- 2 'The making of cruel Britannia', John Lloyd 35 -- 3 'Nothing cool about being coarse', Michael Elliott 38 -- Internal images 40 -- 4 'Cool it', Philip Norman 41 -- 5 'Rebranding rationale', Mark Leonard 43 -- 6 'Britain is on a roll, whatever popstars say', Tony Blair 45 -- Contrasting images 47 -- 7 'A tale of two nations', Stryker McGuire and -- William Underhill 48 -- 8 'This insidious urge to reshape Britain', Stephen Glover 51 -- 9 'The bit of politics that led Ben Elton astray', -- Melvyn Bragg 53 -- The people's images 54 -- 10 'Going soft? Britain is still a nation of hard-headed people', -- David Smith 55 -- Exercises 57 -- Further reading 58 -- Notes 58 -- 3 National identities 60 -- Britishness 61 -- 1 'British unity in diversity', Mary Ann Seighart 61 -- 2 'Disunited we stand', Brian Deer 64 -- Tensions 69 -- 3 'Hooked on hatred of the English', Fergus Kelly 70 -- 4 The Wearing of the Green, Dion Boucicault 74 -- Change and reaction 75 -- 5 'Unpeeling the Orange', Peter Taylor 76 -- 6 'Scotland rouses the beast of English nationalism', -- Andrew Neil 78 -- 7 'Mongrels not Angles', Matthew Parris 81 -- Public opinion 84 -- 8 'Confident Celts put England in shade ', Mark Henderson 84 -- Exercises 88 -- Further reading 88 -- Notes 89 -- 4 Political ideologies 90 -- The Labour Party 92 -- 1 'The strangest Tory ever sold', The Economics 92 -- 2 'Ideology: beyond left and right', The Economist 95 -- 3 'Third Way, Old Hat', Ross McKibbin 97 -- The Conservative Party 99 -- 4 'Mods and Rockers: the real division in the Tory party: and the -- right course', The Times 100 -- 5 'Hague pledges to remake Tories', Philip Webster 104 -- The Liberal Democrats 107 -- 6 'Tn left for No. 10', Simon Jenkins 108 -- 7 'Kenedy's dilemma. The Liberal Democrats' new leader cannot -- face all ways', The Times 112 -- 8 'A sckness at the heart of our nation', Charles Kennedy 114 -- Exercises 116 -- Further reading 117 -- Notes 117 -- 5 Constitutional reform 119 -- The British Constitution 121 -- 1 'Reclaiming Britain's constitution ', -- The Economist 121 -- 2 'Democracy's second age', Tony Blair 124 -- Devolution 128 -- 3 'A house devolved against itself', Lord Mackay of -- Clashfern 129 -- 4 'Devolution is not a revolution', Lord Irvine of Lairg 131 -- 5 'We kening the ties of a United Kingdom', -- The Daily Mail 134 -- 6 'Blair's brave new Britain is a catastrophe', David Davis 134 -- 7 'A federal Britain', The Economist 137 -- The House of Lords 139 -- 8 'True peers are made not born', Jack Straw 139 -- 9 'The secret enemies of democracy', Ivor Richard 141 -- 10 'Thi; House is built on solid ground', Geoffrey Howe 144 -- Civil liberties 146 -- 11 'Why Britain needs a Bill of Rights', The Economist 147 -- 12 'Need to know', The Times 150 -- Exercises 151 -- Further reading 152 -- Notes 152 -- 6 Britain 8nd the world 154 -- Foreign policy 155 -- 1 'Nu ging between Row and Kowtow', John Lloyd 156 -- Europe and the European Union 158 -- 2 'Do we need Europe? ', John Lichfield 158 -- 3 'Europe? Oh, don't mention it, Mr Blair', William Hague 162 -- The Euro (common currency) debate 165 -- 4 'A big con', The Sun 167 -- 5 'The wrong continent', Larry Elliott 168 -- The Commonwealth 171 -- 6 'A dysfunctional family?', Magnus Linklater 172 -- Defence policy and NATO 175 -- 7 'The army: over-stretched and over there...', -- The Economist 177 -- 8 'Nato is still our sword and shield ', William Rees-Mogg 179 -- Exercises 182 -- Further reading 182 -- Notes 182 -- 7 Central social institutions 184 -- The welfare state 185 -- 1 'Why Britain needs a new welfare state', Tony Blair 185 -- Social security 188 -- 2 'Darling's anniversary', The Economist 189 -- Poverty 190 -- 3 'Labour's crusade', The Economist 192 -- The National Health Service (NHS) 193 -- 4 'The Health Service at 50', The Economist 195 -- 5 'Blair is driving us out of the NHS, says doctors' chief', -- Jenny Hope 200 -- 6 'An unhealthy state', The Sunday Times 201 -- Education 204 -- 7 'Why schools must do better', Tony Blair 204 -- 8 'Time's up for schools that fail', David Blunkett 207 -- 9 'Education, education, education', The Economist 210 -- 10 'Higher education - a fraud or worth every penny?', -- John O'Leary 212 -- Exercises 214 -- Further reading 215 -- Notes 215 -- 8 Social behaviour and 'moral panics' 216 -- Teenage pregnancies and drugs 217 -- 1 'Drug-taking Britain is "worst in Europe"', -- Victoria Fletcher and Ian Brodie 218 -- Crime and the fear of crime 219 -- 2 'Bdlt-down Britain', Tim Rayment 219 -- Marriage 223 -- 3 'P pils taught marriage is "just one option" for family life', -- Judith O'Reilly 224 -- Racisrr 226 -- 4 'Is Britain really a nation of racists?', Stephen Bevan and -- Nicholas Rufford 226 -- 5 'We should shut down the race industry', -- M lanie Phillips 234 -- Moral concern 236 -- 6 'Our moral wasteland ', David Selbourne 237 -- 7 'Tdenage mums are all our business ', Tony Blair 240 -- ReligioUs behaviour 242 -- 8 'O go all ye faithful', Rebecca Fowler 243 -- 9 'All God's children', Rebecca Fowler 246 -- Exercises 249 -- Further reading 249 -- Notes 250 |
| Summary |
"Contemporary Britain: A Survey with Texts is a collection of primary sources on the concerns of people living in Britain today. Covering many important aspects of British life, from national image and identity to social behaviour and 'moral panics', Contemporary Britain provides a picture of life in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 21st century. It offers sources and commentary on Britain's role in world affairs; British national identity; constitutional reform with Britain; social institutions, including the NHS; political parties; and morality and religion."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056830
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Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056830 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012007
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| Author |
Oakland, John.
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| LC no. |
2000045732 |
| ISBN |
0415150388 paperback |
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041515037X hardback |
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