Books in the Oxford Modern Britain series

An introduction to race and ethnicity in new-millennium English society. This new edition includes a chapter on the criminal justice system in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. The first chapters set out key concepts and issues, while subsequent ones explore the historical background.

This book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the nature and importance of religion in Britain today.

This book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the role and importance of age and generation in Britain today.

Developed specifically for the large number of students studying the sociology of health and health care at an introductory level, this book examines key issues affecting healthcare in contemporary Britain. These include: concepts and measures of health and illness; patterns of health and illness; changing health care provisions; and more.

An introduction to criminology, this book provides an overview of the subject and critical engagement with the literature from the perspective of both sociology and history, as well as from criminology itself. The focus is on modern Britain since the late nineteenth century, and this book covers several aspects of crime.

This book explores changing gender relations in Britain since the Second World War and the way these changes have been studied and explained within sociology. It discusses paid employment, domestic labour, parenting, education, the 'crisis' of masculinity, sexuality, and politics, mapping the way gender intersects with other dimensions of inequality such as class and ethnicity.

This text is a thorough introduction to the role, importance and power of the mass media in contemporary British society. The authors examine the historical development of the mass media, issues of ownership and the roots of its power in the public and political spheres.

This book provides the student with a comprehensive and accessible overview of the role and importance of youth and employment in Britain.

This text provides an introduction to the topic of women and work in modern Britain. Rosemary Crompton gives an account of the recent changes in the structure of women's employment, incorporating a comprehensive review of the theoretical concepts and arguments developed to explain them.