Author : Michael Gardiner
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN :
Arguing that cultural devolution preceded and indeed forced political change, the author places this change in the context of post-imperial Britain in the second half of the 20th century and looks at how underground cultures such as rave may have laid the foundations for a post-British culture.
Author : Neil Mulholland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,23 MB
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 1351772627
Title first published in 2003. What happened to art in Britain when the balance began to shift from public to private subsidy following the IMF crisis in 1976? In this polemical book, Neil Mulholland charts the political and cultural shifts in art in Britain from the mid-1970's to the end of the twentieth century. His account covers the key trends and artists of this extraordinarily diverse period, including critical postmodernism, feminism, neoconservatism, object sculpture, the new image, Brit Art, and Scottish neoconceptualism, and traces the development of critical thinking from the opinions of critics such as Richard Cork, John Roberts and Matthew Collings to tabloid press art scandals. The Cultural Devolution offers a broad critical and historical framework within which to understand public debate on the merits of young British artists such as Damien Hirst while looking beyond such celebrities to re-discover the wealth and range of work produced. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary art in Britain.
Author : Michael Kenny
Publisher : Proceedings of the British Aca
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197266465
Governing England examines the state of England's governance, identity and relationship with the other nations of the UK. It brings together academic experts on constitutional change, territorial politics, nationalism, political parties, public opinion, and local government both to explain thecurrent place of England within a changing United Kingdom, and to consider how the "English constitution" is likely to develop over the coming years.At a time when questions of territory and identity have grown increasingly politicised, Governing England offers a deeper academic analysis of how England and Englishness are changing. The central questions it addresses are whether, why, and with what consequences there has been a disentangling ofEngland from Britain within the institutions of the UK state, and of Englishness from Britishness at the level of culture and national identity.This volume includes competing interpretations of what has changed in terms of English nationhood.
Author : Hywel Dix
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,14 MB
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 070832665X
After Raymond Williams: Cultural Materialism and the Break-Up of Britain has two broad aims. The first is to re-examine the concept of cultural materialism, the term used by Raymond Williams to describe his theory of how writing and other cultural forms relate to general social and historical processes. Using this theory, the second objective is to explore the material ways in which contemporary British writing participates in one particular political process - that of the break-up of Britain. The general trajectory of the book is a matter of superseding Williams: the early chapters are devoted to extrapolating Williams's materialist theory of cultural forms, while later chapters are concerned with applying this theoretical material to a series of readings of books and films produced in the years since his death in 1988. This volume provides a detailed account of some of the writing produced in Scotland and Wales in the years surrounding political devolution, and also considers the ways in which different subcultural communities use fiction to renegotiate their relationships with the British whole.
Author : Misha Glenny
Publisher :
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
A survey of two centuries of history, providing a background for general readers on the terrible events happening in the Balkans. It gives insights into the roots of the region's reputation for violence and explains the origins of modern Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, Bulgaria and Albania.
Author : Vernon Bogdanor
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 2001-04-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0192801287
This book places the recent developments in devolution in their historical context, examining political and constitutional aspects of devolution in Britain from Gladstone in 1886 through to the latest developments in the year 2000.
Author : Lokesh Kumar (Freelance consultant researcher)
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,12 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Decentralization in government
ISBN : 9789384533717
Author : Hames Scott Hames
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,61 MB
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1474418163
Provides a cultural history and political critique of Scottish devolutionProvides the first critical history of Scottish devolutionOffers the first multidisciplinary study of (UK or Scottish) devolution: engaging extensively with the work of historians, sociologists, political scientists and cultural theoristsCombines close attention to political and electoral factors with cultural issues and developments Draws on political theory which illuminates devolution from outside its terms This book is about the role of writers and intellectuals in shaping constitutional change. Considering an unprecedented range of literary, political and archival materials, it explores how questions of 'voice', language and identity featured in debates leading to the new Scottish Parliament in 1999. Tracing both the 'dream' of cultural empowerment and the 'grind' of electoral strategy, it reconstructs the influence of magazines such as Scottish International, Radical Scotland, Cencrastus and Edinburgh Review, and sets the fiction of William McIlvanney, James Kelman, Irvine Welsh, A. L. Kennedy and James Robertson within a radically altered picture of devolved Scotland.
Author : M. Spiering
Publisher : Springer
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,81 MB
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1137447559
Why are the British so Euro-sceptic? Forget about tedious treaties, party politics or international relations. The real reason is that the British do not feel European. This book explores and explains the cultural divide between Britain and Europe, where it comes from and how it manifests itself in everyday life and the academic world.
Author : Russell Deacon
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,38 MB
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 074866971X
The only up-to-date introduction to the politics of devolution in the UKNew for this edition:* Revised and updated throughout * New case studies and tables * New sections on topics including English regionalism, the London Mayor, the Calman Commission, Labour and the Welsh Assembly, and Ian PaisleyThe political landscape of the UK was altered dramatically with the devolution of power to London, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This introduction to the major changes caused by devolution looks at both the historical background and contemporary political events. It assesses the operation, strengths and weaknesses of the devolved state, and uses relevant case studies to illustrate the more complex ideas.
