Divided Nation
Social and Cultural Change in Britain
Published on 1. March 1989
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Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-340-50161-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This is the second of three volumes accompanying the new Open University course D314 "Restructuring Britain". It deals with the rise and decline of the welfare state, black immigration, women's increased participation, the decline of the working class, the growth of owner occupation, the growth of the enterprise culture and other major issues. It is a collection of articles focusing on current debates concerning social and cultural changes taking place. The authors' previous books have included "Ethnic Minority Housing", "Urban Change and Conflict", "Geography and Gender", "Landlords and Property" and "Cities".
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder Arnold
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Illustrations
line drawings, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
535 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-50161-0 (9780340501610)
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Content
Part 1 Restructuring social divisions?; social trends since World War II; Part 2 Change in the class structure; social change and future of the Left; in the land of the dispossessed; clerical proletarianization - myth or reality?; the corporation and the class structure. Part 3 Race: racism and class structure; migrant labour in contemporary capitalism; minority settlement and the local economy; two sides of anti-racism. Part 4 Gender relations: word processing and the secretarial labour process; all day, every day. Part 5 Changes in the distribution of income, wealth and consumption: wealth and the two nations; beyond housing classes; the decollectivization of consumption; fiscal reorientation. Part 6 Images of social change: cultural change and contemporary holiday-making; Brideshead revisited; the ghosting of the inner city.