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31. Poor Health

    Social Inequality before and after the Black Report

    Edited by Virginia Berridge, Stuart Blume

    Series: British Politics and Society

    The 1980 Black Report by Sir Douglas Black has kept health inequalities at the forefront of the public health agenda. This volume explores the history and development of studies and concern over health inequalities especially in relation to the 1980 report....

    Published October 31st 2002 by Routledge
32. Mass Conservatism

    The Conservatives and the Public since the 1880s

    Edited by Stuart Ball, Ian Holliday

    Series: British Politics and Society

    The papers that comprise this volume reveal how people are intent on preserving not only their wealth but culture too. The individual contributions identify the key arguments used to coax voters, whose natural sympathies might gravitate to the left, to vote for the Conservative Party en masse....

    Published October 30th 2002 by Routledge
33. British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945-63

    Scrutinising the Official Mind

    By Frank Heinlein

    Series: British Politics and Society

    This book is an in-depth study of the importnace of the Empire-Commonwealth in the two decades after WWII for Britain's self-image as a great power. By studying a wide range of debates on general and specific imperial problems, the book highlights the "official mind" of decolonization - and of...

    Published March 31st 2002 by Routledge
34. Defining British Citizenship

    Empire, Commonwealth and Modern Britain

    By Rieko Karatani

    Series: British Politics and Society

    Unlike many nations Britain had not developed a national citizenship by the 20th century. Instead belonging in Britain was merely a function of allegiance to the Crown. This lack of definition was seen as beneficial. This title explores the implications of such vagueness as a new millennium begins....

    Published February 27th 2002 by Routledge
35. Conservative Party Attitudes to Jews 1900-1950

    By Harry Defries

    Series: British Politics and Society

    This work examines the attitudes of the Conservative Party towards Jews in Britain, Palestine and elsewhere from 1900-1948. It aims to show how the Conservative Party in the first half of the 20th century regarded both itself and British society on the one hand, and Britain's role on the other....

    Published September 30th 2001 by Routledge
36. A Life of Sir John Eldon Gorst

    Disraeli's Awkward Disciple

    By Archie Hunter

    Series: British Politics and Society

    This is the first book to tell the story of on eof the most contentious figures in Victorian and Edwardian politics: that of the independent-minded and exceptionally able Conservative politician, Sir John Eldon Gorst....

    Published August 31st 2001 by Routledge
37. Pessimism and British War Policy, 1916-1918

    By Brock Millman

    Series: British Politics and Society

    This analysis of Britains war policy during the last years of the Great War argues that it was strongly affected by a mood of pessimism. The policy was revised after the defeats suffered by the allies in 1917, so much so that Britain almost "tumbled into peace" the following year....

    Published May 31st 2001 by Routledge
38. Reforming the Constitution

    Debates in Twentieth-Century Britain

    Edited by Peter Catterall, Wolfram Kaiser, Ulrike Walton-Jordan

    Series: British Politics and Society

    This collection takes as its subject how and why the British constitution developed during the course of the 20th century. In chapters that analyse in detail the evolution of various aspects of the constitution, this work explores debates about how the constitution ought to operate and the...

    Published October 31st 2000 by Routledge
39. Amateurs and Professionals in Post-War British Sport

    Edited by Dilwyn Porter, Adrian Smith

    Series: British Politics and Society

    The pressures and demands of professionalism and commercialization have transformed Britain's sports. At the end of the 20th century sports have been packaged and marketed as mass entertainment for a national or even international audience. This volume explores different facets of this phenomenon....

    Published September 28th 2000 by Routledge
40. Managing Domestic Dissent in First World War Britain

    By Brock Millman

    Series: British Politics and Society

    The author argues that the way the British Government managed dissent during World War I is important for understanding the way that the war ended. He argues that a comprehensive and effective system of suppression had been developed by the war's end in 1918, with a greater level in reserve....

    Published September 28th 2000 by Routledge