Twentieth-Century British Social Trends, 3rd Edition

Twentieth-Century British
Social Trends, 3rd Edition
Edited by A.H. Halsey and Josephine Webb
March 2000
Macmillan UK
ISBN: 0333721497 paper edition: $72.50
ISBN: 0333721489 hardcover edition: $187.50
760 pages

OUT OF PRINT

Twentieth-Century British Social Trends is a centennial record of the changing face of Britain in the twentieth century. Primarily statistical, the book sets out a broad description of how the life of the United Kingdom has developed from 1900 to 2000. But it is more than a guide or a reference book. Each chapter, written by a leading specialist, helps the reader to avoid the pitfalls of official statistics and also attempts to explain the arithmetic trends - economic, social and political - of our time.
Contents:
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction:
Twentieth-century Britain; A.H.Halsey
DEMOGRAPHY
Population and Family; D.Coleman
Health; R.Fitzpatrick & T.Chandola
Immigration and Ethnicity; C.Peach, A.Rogers, J.Chance & P.Daley
SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
Schools; G.Smith
Further and Higher Education; A.H.Halsey
Social Mobility; A.Heath & C.Payne
ECONOMY
The Labour Force; D.Gallie
The Economic Environment; A.Dilnot & C.Emmerson
The Distribution of Income and Wealth; A.B.Atkinson
POLITICS
Electors and Elected; D.Butler
Towns, Urban Change and Local Government; B.Wood & J.Carter
POLICY
Transport and Communications; A.Root
Housing; A.Holmans
Social Services; J.Parker & J.Webb
Social Security; J.Webb
SOCIAL ORDER AND SOCIAL CONTROL
Volunteers and Voluntarism; B.Harrison & J.Webb
Leisure; J.Gershuny & K.Fisher
Religion; P.Brierley
Crime, Sentencing and Punishment; R.Hood & A.Roddam
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Price Indices
Appendix 2: Official Surveys
Index

Author Biographies:
A.H. HALSEY is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including No Discouragement: an Autobiography, and Policy and Politics.

JOSEPHINE WEBB is Research Officer, Nuffield College, Oxford.

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