{"product_id":"britishness-9781405192699","title":"Britishness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDistinguished contributors from a range of disciplines explore the question of Britishness  past, present and future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA lively and authoritative discussion of an important, timely and contemporary issue\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates how devolution has brought a new focus on the future of Britain and the nature of Britishness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the challenge of a more diverse society, with the search for a basis of social cohesion and solidarity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines Gordon Brown''s Britishness project, with its aim of producing a statement of British values\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Britishness Question \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Gamble and Tony Wright\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Bursting with Skeletons’: Britishness after Empire \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Marquand\u003c\/i\u003e 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoes Britishness Still Matter in the Twenty-First Century—and How Much and How Well Do the Politicians Care? \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLinda Colley\u003c\/i\u003e 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing British \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBhikhu Parekh\u003c\/i\u003e 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritishness: a Role for the State? \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVarun Uberoi and Iain Mclean\u003c\/i\u003e 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngland and Britain, Europe and the Anglosphere \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Willetts\u003c\/i\u003e 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Britishness means to the British \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Kellner\u003c\/i\u003e 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe BBC and Metabolising Britishness: Critical Patriotism \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Seaton\u003c\/i\u003e 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDon’t Mess with Missionary Man: Brown, Moral Compasses and the Road to the Britishness \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGerry Hassan\u003c\/i\u003e 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritishness and the Future of the Union \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Hazell\u003c\/i\u003e 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevolution, Britishness and the Future of the Union \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharlie Jeffery\u003c\/i\u003e 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnglishness in Contemporary British Politics \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard English, Richard Hayton and Michael Kenny\u003c\/i\u003e 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wager of Devolution and the Challenge to Britishness \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eArthur Aughey\u003c\/i\u003e 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo We Really Need Britannia? \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBernard Crick\u003c\/i\u003e 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChurchill’s Dover Speech (1946)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Hennessy\u003c\/i\u003e 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 167\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407925911895,"sku":"9781405192699","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405192699.jpg?v=1730500979","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/britishness-9781405192699","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}