Contemporary Britain : an annual review

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Contemporary Britain : an annual review

edited by Peter Catterall, Virginia Preston ; assistant editor, Paul Nicholson

Dartmouth, 1996-

  • 1995
  • 1996

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Includes index

Published for the Institute of Contemporary British History

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

1995 ISBN 9781855216457

Description

This volume sets out not only to provide a factual digest and guide to contemporary Britain, but also to record those events that have shaped economic, social, cultural and political developments over the year to end 1995, and to analyze the ways in which these issues were handled and why.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Politics. Part 2 The media. Part 3 Law and order. Part 4 External relations. Part 5 The economy. Part 6 Social policy. Part 7 Society. Part 8 Environment. Part 9 Religion. Part 10 Culture. Part 11 Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Volume

1996 ISBN 9781855219007

Description

This collection of essays looks at a variety of issues which affected the people of Britain in 1996. Politics, economics, social welfare and sport are all covered.

Table of Contents

  • Agriculture, B.A. Holderness
  • central government, Andrew Adonis
  • religion, Anne Eyre
  • foreign policy, Christopher Lord
  • the political parties, Justin Fisher
  • transport, Alan Sturt
  • environmental issues, John Sheail
  • education, Alan Smithers
  • energy policy, Neil Walden
  • race relations and immigration, Zig Layton-Henry
  • trade unions and industrial relations, Richard Hyman
  • industry and the city, Trevor Laugharne
  • tourism, Peter Dewhurst
  • the legal system, David Schiff
  • Scotland, David McCrone
  • retailing, Gary Davies
  • the political economy of the arts, Robert Hewison
  • poverty and social welfare, Saul Becker
  • the media, Ralph Negrine
  • parliament, Philip Norton
  • housing policy, Alan Murie
  • Britain and Europe, Steven Ludlam
  • health policy, Anthony Harrison and Bill New
  • defence policy, John Baylis
  • the economy, Peter Sinclair and Cillian Ryan
  • sport, Peter Bilsborough.

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  • NCID
    BA31929486
  • ISBN
    • 1855216450
    • 185521900X
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Aldershot
  • Pages/Volumes
    v.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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