Britishness
Subtitle: perspectives on the Britishness question
By: edited by Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright.
Contributors: Gamble, Andrew.; Wright, Anthony, 1948-
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons in association with The political quarterly
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K; Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405192699
Subjects: National characteristics, British -- History; Group identity -- Great Britain; Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History; Multiculturalism -- Great Britain; British -- Ethnic identity; Decentralization in government -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Civilization
Other titles: Political quarterly.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Britishness question / Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright; title: "Bursting with skeletons": Britishness after empire / David Marquand; title: Does Britishness still matter in the twenty-first century/and how much and how well do the politicians care? / Linda Colley; title: Being British / Bhikhu Parekh; title: Britishness: a role for the state? / Varun Uberoi and Iain McLean; title: England and Britain, Europe and the anglosphere / David Willetts; title: What Britishness means to the British / Peter Kellner; title: The BBC and metabolising Britishness: critical patriotism / Jean Seaton; title: Don't mess with the missionary man: Brown, moral compasses and the road to Britishness / Gerry Hassan; title: Britishness and the future of the union / Robert Hazell; title: Devolution, Britishness and the future of the union / Charlie Jeffery; title: Englishness in contemporary British politics / Richard English, Richard Hayton and Michael Kenny; title: The wager of devolution and the challenge to Britishness / Arthur Aughey; title: Do we really need Britannia? / Bernard Crick; title: Churchill's Dover Speech / Peter Hennessy.