Britishness Perspectives on the British Question [Paperback]

• A lively and authoritative discussion of an important, timely and contemporary issue
• Investigates how devolution has brought a new focus on the future of Britain and the nature of Britishness
• Discusses the challenge of a more diverse society, with the search for a basis of social cohesion and solidarity
• Examines Gordon Brown's Britishness project, with its aim of producing a statement of British values

1. ‘Bursting with Skeletons’: Britishness after Empire: David Marquand

2. Does Britishness Still Matter in the Twenty-First Century - and How Much and How Well Do the Politicians Care?: Linda Colley

3. Being British: Bhikhu Parekh

4. Britishness: a Role for the State?: Varun Uberoi and Iain McLean

5. England and Britain, Europe and the Anglosphere: David Willetts

6. What Britishness means to the British: Peter Kellner

7. The BBC and Metabolising Britishness. Critical Patriotism: ^  Jean Seaton

8. Don’t Mess with the Missionary Man: Brown, Moral Compasses and the Road to Britishness: Gerry Hassan

9. Britishness and the Future of the Union: Robert Hazell

10. Devolution, Britishness and the Future of the Union: Charlie Jeffery

11. Englishness in Contemporary British Politics: Richard English, Richard Hayton and Michael Kenny

12. The Wager of Devolution and the Challenge to Britishness: Als(