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• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of plates
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Preface and acknowledgements
• Chronology of significant dates in British history
• 1 The British context
• Historical growth
• Structural change
• Contemporary conditions
• British attitudes to Britain
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 2 The country
• Geographical identities
• Physical features and climate
• Agriculture, fisheries and forestry
• Energy resources
• Transport and communications
• Attitudes to the environment
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 3 The people
• Early settlement to ad 1066
• Growth and immigration to the twentieth century
• Immigration from 1900
• Ethnic groups in the UK
• Population movements from 1900
• Attitudes to national, ethnic and local identities
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 4 Religion
• Religious history
• The Christian tradition
• The non-Christian tradition
• Cooperation among the faiths
• Religion in schools
• Religious identification
• Attitudes to religion and morality
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 5 Politics and government
• Political history
• Local government and devolution
• The contemporary British political framework
• Constitution and monarchy
• UK Parliament: role, legislation and elections
• The UK party political system
• The UK government
• UK parliamentary control of government
• Attitudes to politics
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 6 International relations
• Foreign and defence policy
• Empire, Commonwealth and Ireland
• The European Union (EU)
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 7 The legal system
• Legal history
• Sources of British law
• Court structures in England and Wales
• Civil and criminal procedure in England and Wales
• Law and order
• The legal profession
• Attitudes to the legal system and crime
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 8 The economy
• Early British economic history
• The modern economy: policies, structure and performance
• Social class, the workforce and employment
• Financial institutions
• Industrial and commercial institutions
• Consumer protection
• Attitudes to the economy
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 9 Social services
• Social services history
• Household and family structures
• Social security (pensions and welfare benefits)
• The National Health Service (NHS)
• The personal social services/social care
• Housing
• Attitudes to the social services
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 10 Education
• School history
• The 1944 Education Act
• The contemporary state school sector
• The contemporary independent (fee-paying) school sector
• School organization and examinations
• Higher education
• Further, adult and lifelong education
• Attitudes to education
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 11 The media
• The print media
• The broadcasting media
• Media ownership and freedom of expression
• Attitudes to the media
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• 12 Leisure, sport and the arts
• Leisure activities
• Sport
• The arts
• Exercises
• Further reading
• Websites
• Index