British social attitudes : the 26th report / editors, Alison Park [and others]

This survey provides an indispensable guide to current political and social issues in contemporary Britain. It describes and reviews a broad range of current social attitudes derived from extensive nationwide interviews. This report summarises and interprets data from the most recent survey.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Park, Alison, 1966- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2010.
Series:British Social Attitudes Survey series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of tables and figures; Table conventions; Introduction; 1 Duty in decline? Trends in attitudes to voting; 2 Thermostat or weathervane? Public reactions to spending and redistribution under New Labour; 3 How do political parties shape public opinion? Britain in a European perspective; 4 Religion in Britain and the United States; 5 Religious faith and contemporary attitudes; 6 Understanding the dynamics of attitude change; 7 A chorus of disapproval?European attitudes to non-traditional family patterns; 8 Never too old? Attitudes towards longer working lives; 9 Lone parents and benefits: an obligation to look for work?10 Food for thought: attitudes to innovative food technologies; 11 Smoking, drinking and drugs: reactions to reform; Appendix I
  • Technical details of the survey; Subject index.