Rethinking British Decline

1999
ISBN: 978-0-333-67966-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 219 mm, Gewicht: 423 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

English, Richard

Kenny, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

RICHARD ENGLISH is Reader in Politics, Queen's University, Belfast.MICHAEL KENNY is Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield.