Chapter Resources

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Does Britain have an energy crisis? If so, why?
2. Critically discuss the cases for and against nuclear energy as a heating source.
3. Examine the impact of Britain’s plan to leave the European Union upon its agricultural and fisheries industries.
4. Should cars be restricted on Britain’s roads and banned from city centres? Give your reasons, for and against.
5. Examine the application of the terms ‘regionalism’ and ‘localism’ to the UK.

Further resources

Further reading

1. Barnett, A. and Scruton, R. (1999) Town and Country, London: Vintage.
2. British Attitudes to the Environment, Climate Change and Future Energy Choices (2010), London: Ipsos MORI, Issues Index and Euro RSG.
3. British Social Attitudes Survey (2013) Public Attitudes Towards Transport, London: Department for Transport.
4. Champion, A.G. and Townsend, A.R. (1990) Contemporary Britain: A Geographical Perspective, London: Edward Arnold.
5. Clapp, B.W. (1994) An Environmental History of Britain since the Industrial Revolution, London: Longman.
6. Connelly, J. and Smith, G. (1999) Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice, London: Routledge.
7. Gray, T. (1995) UK Environmental Politics in the 1990s, London: Macmillan.
8. Harvey, G. (1998) The Killing of the Countryside, London: Vintage.
9. Hook, D., Whyte, I. and Winchester, A. (2005) Society, Landscape and Environment in Upland Britain, Oxford: Society for Landscape Studies, Supplementary Series 2, Oxbow Books.
10. Regional Trends, UK National Statistics, London: Office for National Statistics.
11. Tulip, K. and Michaels, L. (2004) A Rough Guide to the UK Farming Crisis, www.corporatewatch.org.uk
12. Woodcock, N. (1994) Geology and Environment in Britain and Ireland, London: Taylor & Francis.
13. Your Region, Your Choice: Revitalizing the English Regions (2002), London: The Stationery Office.

Websites

British Social Attitudes, London: NatCen Social Research: www.natcen.ac.uk
Office for National Statistics: www.ons.gov.uk
The Met Office: www.metoffice.gov.uk
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: www.decc.gov.uk
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: www.defra.gov.uk
Department for Transport: www.gov.uk/dft
Transport for London: www.tfl.gov.uk
Office of the Rail Regulator: www.rail-reg.gov.uk
Office of Water Services: www.ofwat.gov.uk
Office of Gas and Electricity Markets: www.ofgem.gov.uk
Scottish Executive: www.gov.scot
Northern Ireland Executive: www.nio.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development: www.drdni.gov.uk
Welsh Assembly Government: www.gov.wales
Natural England: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england
The Green Party: www.greenparty.org.uk
British Geological Survey: www.bgs.ac.uk
The National Archives: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Describe in outline the history of early settlement in Britain.
2. Is immigration a problem in Britain? If so, why?
3. Examine the changing patterns of population distribution in Britain.
4. Is it correct to describe contemporary Britain as a ‘multi-ethnic’ society? If so, why?
5. Critically examine attempts to define ‘Britishness’, by examining the section on national, ethnic and local identities, including the poll results.

Further resources

Further reading

1. Alibhai-Brown, Y. (2000) After Multiculturalism, London: Foreign Policy Centre.
2. Alibhai-Brown, Y. (2001) Who Do We Think We Are? Imagining the New Britain, London: Allen Lane.
3. Aughey, A. (2007) The Politics of Englishness, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
4. Bryant, C.G.A. (2006) The Nations of Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Colley, L. (1996) Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837, London: Vintage Colley.
6. Colls, R. (2002) Identity of England, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
7. Conway, D. (2007) A Nation of Immigrants? A Brief Demographic History of Britain, London: Civitas.
8. Davies, N. (2000) The Isles: A History, London: Macmillan.
9. Donnell, A. (2001) Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, London: Routledge.
10. Grant, A. and Stringer, K.J. (eds) (1995) Uniting the Kingdom? – The Making of British History, London: Routledge.
11. Harvie, C. (2004) Scotland and Nationalism: Scottish Society and Politics, 1707 to the Present, London: Routledge.
12. McKay, S. (2000) Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
13. Nairn, T. (2000) After Britain, London: Granta Books.
14. O’Connor, F. (1993) In Search of a State: Catholics in Northern Ireland, Belfast: Blackstaff Press.
15. Owusa, K. (1999) Black British Culture and Society, London: Routledge.
16. Park, A., Johnson, M., Curtice J., Thomson, K. and Phillips, M. (2007) British Social Attitudes: The 23rd Report – Perspectives on a Changing Society, London: Sage.
17. Paxman, J. (2007) The English: A Portrait of a People, London: Penguin Books.
18. Phillips, M. and Phillips, T. (1999) Windrush: The Irresistible Rise of Multiracial Britain, London: HarperCollins.
19. Solomos, J. (2003) Race and Racism in Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
20. Storry, M. and Childs, P. (eds) (2007) British Cultural Identities, London: Routledge.
21. Ward, P. (2004) Britishness since 1870, London: Routledge.
22. Winder, R. (2005) Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain, London: Abacus.

Websites

Campaign for the English Regions: www.cfer.org.uk
Devolution: www.local.gov.uk/topics/devolution/devolution-online-hub/devolution-explained/what-devolution
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-scotland
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-wales
Northern Ireland Office: www.nio.gov.uk

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Discussion questions

1. What does the term ‘Christianity’ mean in terms of British religious history?
2. Discuss religious membership and observance in contemporary British life.
3. Critically examine the role of the Church of England.
4. Examine the public opinion polls in this chapter. What do they tell us about British society?

Further resources

Further reading

1. Alderman, G. (1998) Modern British Jewry, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. Bebbington, D. (1988) Evangelism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s, London: Routledge.
3. Brown, C. (2009) The Death of Christian Britain, London: Routledge.
4. Brown, C. (2006) Religion and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain, London: Longman.
5. Bruce, S. (1995) Religion in Modern Britain, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
6. Davie, G. (1997) Religion in Britain since 1945: Believing without Belonging, Oxford: Blackwell.
7. Furlong, M. (2002) C of E: The State It’s In, London: Hodder & Stoughton.
8. Morris, R.M. (ed.) (2009) Church and State in 21st Century Britain: The Future of Church Establishment, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
9. Religion in England and Wales: Findings from the 2001 Home Office Citizenship Survey (2004), London: Home Office Research Study 274.
10. Religion in the UK Directory, 2001–3 (2001), Religious Resource and Research Centre at the University of Derby and the Inter Faith Network of the UK.
11. Sewell, D. (2001) Catholics: Britain’s Largest Minority, London: Viking.
12. The Spirit of Things Unseen: Belief in Post-religious Britain (2013), London: Theos (www.theosthinktank.co.uk).
13. UK Christian Handbook: Religious Trends 7 (2008), London: Christian Research.

Websites

Church of England: www.churchofengland.org
Church of Scotland: www.churchofscotland.org.uk
The Catholic Church Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales: www.cbcew.org.uk
United Synagogue: www.theus.org.uk
Judaism: www.jewish.co.uk
Islam: www.muslimdirectory.co.uk
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland: www.ctbi.org.uk
Inter Faith Network for the UK: www.interfaith.org.uk
Office for National Statistics: www.ons.gov.uk
Theos Think Tank: www.theosthinktank.co.uk

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Describe what is meant by the ‘two-party system’.
2. Does Britain have an adequate parliamentary electoral system. If not, why not?
3. Critically examine the role and power of the prime minister.
4. Discuss the position and relevance of the monarch in the British political system.
5. Are British politicians treated unfairly by the British public? Give reasons for your answer.

Further resources

Further reading

1. Aughey, A. (2001) Nationalism, Devolution and the Challenge to the United Kingdom State, London: Pluto Press.
2. Bogdanor, V. (2001) Devolution in the United Kingdom, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
3. Bogdanor, V. (2009) The New British Constitution, London: Hart.
4. Childs, D. (2006) Britain since 1945: A Political History, London: Routledge.
5. Deacon, R. and Sandry, A. (2007) Devolution in the United Kingdom (Politics Study Guides), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
6. Foley, M. (2000) The British Presidency, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
7. Ford, R. and Goodwin. M (2014) Revolt on the Right: Support for the Radical Right in Britain, London: Routledge.
8. Foster, C. (2005) British Government in Crisis, London: Hart.
9. Jones, B. and Norton, P. (2013) Politics UK, London: Routledge.
10. Kavanagh, D. (lead) (2006) British Politics: Continuities and Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11. King, A. (2015) Who Governs Britain? London: Pelican.
12. Leach, R., Coxall, B. and Robins, L. (2006) British Politics, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Websites

UK government: www.gov.uk
Houses of Parliament: www.parliament.uk
Monarchy: www.royal.uk
Privy Council Office: http://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk
Cabinet Office: www.cabinet-office.gov.uk
Prime Minister’s Office: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/prime-ministers-office-10-downing-street
Wales Office/National Assembly for Wales: www.gov.wales
Scotland Office: www.gov.scot
Scottish Parliament: www.scottish.parliament.uk
Northern Ireland Assembly: www.niassembly.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Office: www.nio.gov.uk
YouGov polls: www.YouGov.co.uk
Office for National Statistics: www.ons.gov.uk
Hansard Society: www.hansardsociety.org.uk
British Social Attitudes, Nat Cen: www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Does the Commonwealth still have a role to play today?
2. Discuss Britain’s relationship with the European Union.
3. Does Britain still have a world role? Give reasons for your answer.
4. Examine the defence options for Britain.

Further resources

Further reading

1. Chapters in Black, J. (2000) Modern British History from 1900, London: Macmillan.
2. Connolly, C. (2003) Theorizing Ireland, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
3. Dixon, P. (2001) Northern Ireland: The Politics of War and Peace, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
4. Marshall, P.J. (2001) The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. Moody, T.W. and Martin, F.X. (2001) The Course of Irish History, Cork and Dublin: Mercier Press.
6. Srinivasan, K. (2005) The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
7. Tonge, J. (2005) The New Northern Irish Politics? London: Palgrave Macmillan.
8. Warner, G. (1994) British Foreign Policy since 1945, Oxford: Blackwell.
9. Watts, D. and Pilkington, C. (2005) Britain in the European Union, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
10. Young, J.W. (2000) Britain and European Unity 1945–1999, London: Macmillan.

Websites

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: www.fco.gov.uk
Department for International Development: www.dfid.gov.uk
The Commonwealth: www.thecommonwealth.org
Ministry of Defence: www.mod.uk
NATO: www.nato.int
European Union: www.europa.eu/european-union

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Describe and comment critically on the structure of the legal profession in England and Wales.
2. How is the courts system in England and Wales organized?
3. Discuss the role of the police in law enforcement.
4. Examine British crime statistics in this chapter and comment on people’s fear of crime.

Further resources

Further reading

1. Baker, J.H. (2005) An Introduction to English Legal History, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Berlins, M. and Dyer, C. (2000) The Law Machine, London: Penguin.
3. Clark, B. (2009) Scottish Legal Systems Essentials, Dundee: Dundee University Press.
4. Cownie, F., Bradney, A. and Burton, M. (2007) English Legal System in Context, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Crime Survey for England and Wales, London: Office of National Statistics.
6. Emsley, C. (2005) Crime and Society in England 1750–1900, London: Pearson Education.
7. Griffiths, J. (2010) The Politics of the Judiciary, London: Fontana.
8. Heale, J. (2009) One Blood: Inside Britain’s New Street Gangs, London: Pocket Books.
9. Hough, M., Radford, B., Jackson, J. and Roberts, J.R. (2013) Attitudes to Sentencing and Trust in Justice: Exploring Trends from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, London:LSE Research Online (the London School of Economics and Political Science).
10. Martin, E.A. and Law, J. (2009) A Dictionary of Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
11. McShane, J. (2010) Underworld UK: Knife Crime: The Law of the Blade, London: Quercus.
12. Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (2002) The Problem of Crime, London: Sage.
13. Muncie, J. and McLaughlin, E. (2002) Controlling Crime, London: Sage.
14. Partington, M. (2006) Introduction to the English Legal System, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
15. Robertson, G. (2006) Freedom, the Individual and the Law, London: Penguin.
16. Slapper, G. and Kelly. D (2015–17) The English Legal System, London: Routledge.
17. White, R. (1999) The English Legal System in Action: Administration of Justice, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
18. White, R. and Wilcock, I. (2007) The Scottish Legal System, London: Tottel/Bloomsbury Professional.

Websites

Ministry of Justice: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Home Office: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Police: www.police.uk
New Scotland Yard: www.met.police.uk/newscotlandyard/home.php
Amnesty International: www.amnesty.org.uk
Scottish Executive: www.gov.scot
Northern Ireland Office: www.nio.go.uk
The Law Society: www.lawsociety.org.uk
The Bar Council: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Magistrates and judges: www.judiciary.gov.uk/about-the-judiciary/who-are-the-judiciary/judicial-roles/magistrates/

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Examine, in brief outline, modern British economic policies and performance.
2. Discuss the role of the trade unions in British life.
3. Should the financial institutions in Britain be more closely regulated by government? If so, why?
4. To what extent does the performance of the national economy affect individual Britons’ daily life?

Further resources

Further reading

1. Booth, A. (2001) The British Economy in the Twentieth Century, London: Palgrave.
2. Buxton, T., Chapman, P. and Temple, P. (1997) Britain’s Economic Performance, London: Routledge.
3. Cairncross, A. (2006) Britain’s Economic Prospects Reconsidered, London: Routledge.
4. Davies, H. (2006) The Chancellors’ Tales: Managing the British Economy, Oxford: Polity Press.
5. Floud, R. and Johnson, P. (2004) The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Vol. 1 Industrialization, 1700–1860, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
6. Gamble, A. (1994) Britain in Decline: Economic Policy, Political Strategy and the British State, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
7. Gregg, P. and Wadsworth, J. (eds) (1999) The State of Working Britain, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
8. Johnson, P., Carnevalli, F. and Strange, J.-M. (2007) 20th Century Britain: Economic, Cultural and Social Change, London: Longman.
9. McIlroy, J. (1995) Trade Unions in Britain Today, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
10. Orton, M. and Rowlingson, K. (2007) Public Attitudes to Economic Inequality, York: Joseph Rowntree Foundation/Warwick University.
11. Savage, M. (2015) Introduction, Social Class in the 21st Century, London: Pelican.
12. The Economist weekly magazine: www.economist.com

Websites

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-innovation-skills
HM Treasury: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk
Office for National Statistics: www.ons.gov.uk
Department for International Trade: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-trade
Bank of England: www.bankofengland.co.uk
Financial Conduct Authority: www.fca.org.uk
Lloyds of London: www.lloydsoflondon.co.uk
Confederation of British Industry: www.cbi.org.uk
Trades Union Congress: www.tuc.org.uk
Business in the Community: www.bitc.org.uk
The Work Foundation: www.theworkfoundation.com
Populus opinion polls: www.populus.co.uk/polls

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Describe the structure and condition of the National Health Service.
2. Does the social security system provide a comprehensive service for the needy in Britain?
3. Discuss the different types of housing in Britain and the method of buying property. What are some of the problems that affect property buying today?

Further resources

Further reading

1. George, V. and Wilding, P. (1999) British Society and Social Welfare, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
2. Glennester, H. (2000) British Social Policy since 1945, Oxford: Blackwell.
3. Ham, C. (1999) Health Policy in Britain, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
4. Harris, B. (2004) The Origins of the British Welfare State: Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800–1945, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
5. Lowe, R. (2004) The Welfare State in Britain since 1945, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
6. Ludlam, S. and Smith, M.J. (eds) (2000) New Labour in Government, London: Macmillan.
7. Mullins, D. and Murie, A. (2005) Housing Policy in the UK, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
8. Page, R. and Silburn, R. (eds) (1999) British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
9. Willman, J. (1998) A Better State of Health, London: Profile Books.

Websites

Department of Work and Pensions: www.dwp.gov.uk
Department of Health: www.doh.gov.uk
Government Equalities Office: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-equalities-office
Home Office: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Charity Commission: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
National Assembly for Wales: www.gov.wales
Northern Ireland Executive: www.nics.gov.uk
Scottish Executive: www.gov.scot
British Social Attitudes: www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Critically define and examine state secondary education in Britain, analysing its structures, aims and achievements.
2. Describe the structure of British higher education and its institutions.
3. Comment upon the desirability, or otherwise, of the division of British schools into state and independent sectors.
4. Should school children attend technical, vocational or academic schools, depending on their choices and abilities? Or should they attend one common type of school, which provides compulsory schooling in different areas of study?

Further resources

Further reading

1. Abercrombie, N., Warde, A., Deem, R., Penna, S., Soothill, K., Urry, J. and Walby, S. (2000) Contemporary British Society, Oxford: Polity Press, Chapter 14.
2. Chitty, C. (1992) The Education System Transformed, London: Baseline Books.
3. Chitty, C. and Benyon, J. (2009) Education Policy in Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
4. Jones, K. (2002) Education in Britain: 1944 to the Present, Oxford: Polity Press.
5. Lawton, D. (2004) Education and Labour Party Ideologies 1900–2001 and Beyond, London: Routledge/Falmer.
6. Ryan, A. (1999) Liberal Anxieties and Liberal Education, London: Profile Books.
7. Tomlinson, S. (2005) Education in a Post-Welfare Society, Maidenhead: Open University Press.
8. Walden, G. (1996) We Should Know Better: Solving the Education Crisis, London: Fourth Estate.

Websites

Department for Education: www.dfes.gov.uk
The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC): www.hmc.org.uk and also www.hmc.org.uk/hmc-schools
Independent education: www.isis.org.uk
Times Higher Education Supplement: www.timeshighereducation.com
Times Educational Supplement: www.tes.co.uk
Scottish Executive: www.gov.scot
National Assembly for Wales: www.gov.wales
Northern Ireland Assembly: www.niassembly.gov.uk
Office for Standards in Education: www.ofsted.gov.uk
National Curriculum (England): www.gov.uk/national-curriculum
Student finance: www.gov.uk/student-finance/overview

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. Describe and comment critically on the structure of British broadcasting.
2. Examine the problems of media freedom of expression.
3. Discuss the division of British national newspapers into ‘populars’ and ‘qualities’.

Further resources

Further reading

1. Bignell, J., Lacey, S. and Macmurraugh-Cavanagh, M.K. (2000) British Television Drama: Past, Present and Future , London: Macmillan/Palgrave.
2. Branston, G. and Stafford, R. (2010) The Media Students Book, London: Routledge.
3. Briggs, A. and Cobley, O. (2002) The Media: An Introduction, London: Pearson Longman.
4. Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) (May 2018) The Viewing Report, London: BARB.
5. The Communications Market (2014), London: Ofcom.
6. Curran, J. and Gurevitch, M. (2010) Mass Media and Society, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
7. Curran, J. and Seaton, J. (2016) Power without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain, Routledge: London.
8. Franklin, B. (2001) British Television Policy: A Reader, London: Routledge.
9. O’Sullivan, T., Dutton, B. and Rayner, P. (2003) Studying the Media: An Introduction, London: Bloomsbury Academic.
10. Seaton, J., Petley, J. and Gaber, I. (2005) Culture Wars: The Media and the British Left, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
11. Stokes, J. and Reading, A. (eds) (1999) The Media in Britain: Current Debates and Developments, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
12. UK Audience Attitudes to the Broadcast Media: A Summary of Findings (2017) London: Ofcom.
13. Wedell, G. and Luckham, B. (2001) Television at the Crossroads, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
14. Understanding Attitudes to the Broadcast Media (2013) London: Ofcom.
15. Wiseman, O. (2014) Speakers Cornered: Twenty-First Century Britain’s Culture of Silence, London: New Culture Forum.

Websites

Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: www.culture.gov.uk
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): www.bbc.co.uk
BARB: www.BARB.co.uk
ITV: www.itv.com
Channel 4: www.channel4.com
Channel 5: www.channel5.com
Office of Communications (Ofcom): www.ofcom.org.uk
Independent Press Standards Organization: www.ipso.co.uk
The Times: www.thetimes.co.uk
The Guardian: www.guardian.co.uk
The Daily Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk
Leveson Inquiry: www.mediareform.org.uk/blog/year-leveson-press-power-still-control and www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/06/can-you-trust-mainstream-media

Flashcards

Discussion questions

1. What impressions do you gain of the British people, based on their leisure, sporting and artistic activities?
2. How would you account for the fluctuations in cinema attendance in Britain in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries?
3. Critically examine the results of polls and surveys in this chapter. What information do they provide about the cultural lives of the British people?

Further resources

Further reading

1. Bailey, P.C. (1986) Music Hall: The Business of Pleasure, Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
2. Belfiore, E. and Holdaway, D. (2014) The Future of Cultural Value, University of Warwick: The Warwick Commission.
3. Bennett, A. (2000) Popular Music and Youth Culture: Music, Identity and Place, London: Palgrave/Macmillan.
4. Christopher, D. (2015) British Culture: An Introduction, London: Routledge.
5. Cunningham, H. (1985) ‘Leisure’ in J. Benson (ed.) The Working Class in England, 1875–1914, London: Croom Helm.
6. Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth: The 2015 Report by the Warwick Commission on the Future of Cultural Value, University of Warwick, The Warwick Commission.
7. Fowler, D. (2005) Youth Culture in the Twentieth Century, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
8. Gray, C. (2000) The Politics of the Arts in Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
9. Higgins, M., Smith, C. and Story, J. (2010) The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Culture, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
10. Hill, J. (2002) Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-Century Britain, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
11. Holt, R. and Mason, T. (2000) Sport in Britain 1945–2000, Oxford: Blackwell.
12. Jacobs, E. and Worcester, R. (1990) We British: Britain under the MORIscope, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
13. Monk, C. and Sargeant, A. (2002) British Historical Cinema, London: Routledge.
14. Polley, M. (1998) Moving the Goalposts: A History of Sport and Society Since 1945, London: Routledge.
15. Rowell, G. (1984) The Repertory Movement: A History of Regional Theatre in Britain, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
16. Sandbrook, D. (2016) The Great British Dream Factory, London: Penguin Books.
17. Silva, T., Elizabeth, B. and Selwood, S. (eds.) (2006) ‘Cultural trends: Culture, taste and social division in contemporary Britain’, special issue of Cultural Trends, vol. 15 nos. 2/3, London: Routledge.
18. Statistical Yearbook, 2017, Research and Statistics Unit, London: British Film Institute (BFI).

Websites

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: www.culture.gov.uk
UK Sport: www.uksport.gov.uk
Sport England: www.sportengland.org
The Football Association: www.thefa.com
England Rugby: www.englandrugby.com
Artsonline: www.artsonline.com
Arts Council (England): www.artscouncil.org.uk
Arts Council of Wales: www.arts.wales
Creative Scotland: www.creativescotland.com
Arts Council of Northern Ireland: www.artscouncil-ni.org
National Lottery Commission: www.natlotcomm.gov.uk
BBC: www.bbc.co.uk
Ofcom: www.ofcom.org.uk