How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation - Couverture rigide

Abell, Stig

 
9781473658394: How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation
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ISBN 10 : 147365839X ISBN 13 : 9781473658394
Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

'Absorbing . . . an intelligent and clear-eyed account of much that goes on in our country' Sunday Times

'Wry and readable' Guardian

Getting to grips with Great Britain is harder than ever. We are a nation that chose Brexit, rejects immigration but is dependent on it, is getting older but less healthy, is more demanding of public services but less willing to pay for them, is tired of intervention abroad but wants to remain a global authority. We have an over-stretched, free health service (an idea from the 1940s that may not survive the 2020s), overcrowded prisons, a military without an evident purpose, an education system the envy of none of the Western world.

How did we get here and where are we going?

How Britain Really Works is a guide to Britain and its institutions (the economy, the military, schools, hospitals, the media, and more), which explains just how we got to wherever it is we are. It will not tell you what opinions to have, but will give you the information to help you reach your own. By the end, you will know how Britain works - or doesn't.

'Stig Abell is an urbane, and often jaunty guide to modern Britain, in the mould of Bill Bryson' Irish Times

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À propos de l?auteur

Stig Abell is the breakfast presenter on Times Radio, a station he helped to launch, and a columnist for the Sunday Times. Before that he was the editor and publisher of the Times Literary Supplement, a presenter on Radio 4's Front Row, and had a weekly radio programme on LBC. His first book, How Britain Really Works, was published in 2018.

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Éditeur
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
147365839X
ISBN 13 
9781473658394
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781473658424: How Britain Really Works: Understanding the Ideas and Institutions of a Nation

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ISBN 10 :  147365842X ISBN 13 :  9781473658424
Editeur : John Murray, 2019
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