Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780333679661
Publisert
1999-10-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, 01, UU, UP, P, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
Biographical note
RICHARD ENGLISH is Reader in Politics, Queen's University, Belfast.MICHAEL KENNY is Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield.
This unique book brings together new contributions, responding to critics and setting out their current views, by some of the leading protagonists in the long, and often heated, debate about British decline. The second half of the book builds on these chapters by systematically examining key themes and issues. Contributors include Andrew Gamble, Martin Wiener, Correlli Barnett, Will Hutton, W.D. Rubinstein, Sidney Pollard, Samuel Brittan, Stuart Hall, David Marquand, and Jonathan Clark.
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This unique book brings together new contributions, responding to critics and setting out their current views, by some of the leading protagonists in the long, and often heated, debate about British decline. The second half of the book builds on these chapters by systematically examining key themes and issues.
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Preface.- Theories and Explanations of British Decline; A.Gamble.- PART 1: REFLECTIONS ON BRITISH DECLINE.- M.Wiener, C.Barnett, W.Hutton, W.D.Rubinstein, S.Pollard, S.Brittan, S.Hall, D.Marquand & J.Clark.- PART 2: THEMATIC ANALYSIS.- Party Ideology and National Decline; R.Eccleshall.- The Impact of the State; M.J.Smith.- British Decline and European Integration; M-T.Fay & E.Meehan.- Globalization and Britain's Decline; H.Overbeek.- The End of Empire; R.Ovendale.- Conclusion: Decline or Declinism?; R.English & M.Kenny.
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'...I would certainly recommend many of the chapters to undergraduate readers as good clear summaries of issues and developments in British social policy...many of the contributors feel the decline debate is all but over...If this is the case, this text will stand as an intelligent and thought-provoking epitaph.' - Michael Cunningham, Political Studies
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'...I would certainly recommend many of the chapters to undergraduate readers as good clear summaries of issues and developments in British social policy...many of the contributors feel the decline debate is all but over...If this is the case, this text will stand as an intelligent and thought-provoking epitaph.' - Michael Cunningham, Political Studies
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780333679661
Publisert
1999-10-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, 01, UU, UP, P, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
Biographical note
RICHARD ENGLISH is Reader in Politics, Queen's University, Belfast.MICHAEL KENNY is Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield.