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National characteristics, British
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National characteristics, English
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Nationalism
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Diplomatic relations
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Great Britain
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England
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| Descript |
1 online resource (309 pages) |
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text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Part One: Nations and Irritations -- 1. The English Question -- The English Question -- Say 'British', But Mean 'English' -- Federalism by Stealth -- Muddle England -- You, Me and Us -- 2. British or English? -- The Rise of English Nationalism -- 'The Vow' -- The Disenfranchisement of English Nationalists -- Don't Get Mad - Get EVEL -- Did Your Marks and Spencer Close? -- 3. Us and Them -- History Matters - For the Future -- An End of an Old Song -- Daniel Defoe and the Unionist Sales Pitch -- The Irish Question -- The Irish Answer? -- London as the UK's 'Fifth Nation' and Its Resentments -- 4. Another English Question: England, Which England? -- Nostalgic Pessimism -- The Tebbit Test -- England's Ancestor Worship -- Which Flag? -- 'The English as the Unspoken People' -- England Speaks Up -- The Race Question: Where Are You From? -- Where Are You From? -- Extremism and Intellectual Failure -- Defending England -- Who Are You? -- The (Bad) Health of the Nation -- Why This Matters -- 5. God's Chosen People -- England's Unexceptional Exceptionalism -- This Sceptr'd Isle -- A Shared Island - Or 6,000 Islands -- With a Little Help from Our Friends -- A Sense of Humour -- Back to the Future -- Blitz Spirit and Coronavirus -- Captain Corelli's Maudlin Whinge -- England Stands Alone - For Real, at Last -- 6. Othered and Scunnered -- The BBC and 'Othering' -- Our BBC, Your Country -- Why Scottish Nationalism is Civic, not Ethnic, Nationalism -- Nationalism and the Irrational -- The 'Global Democratic Recession' -- Ireland and the Inspiration for Scottish Independence -- Erin Go Bragh and England's Hostile Environment -- England Awakes -- Scotland Says No to a Hostile Environment -- Othered and Scunnered -- The News Where You Are -- 7. Ireland's English Question -- 'We Ourselves'. |
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The Gibraltar Three -- 'What a bloody awful country' -- Ulster and the Other -- Singing 'The Sash' -- We Are the Sacrifice -- Changes -- English Nationalism and Ireland -- 'Who talks of my nation?' -- Consequences -- Whither Wales? -- Part Two: Institutions and Solutions -- 8. Do 'British' Institutions Exist? -- Union of Unequals -- Think Global, Act National, Live Local -- How 'British' is the National Health Service? -- A 'British' Education? -- The 'British' Exam System -- The British Monarchy (1): Defender of the 'British' Faith? -- So This Is British Justice? -- The Supreme Court (1) -- The Supreme Court (2): When 'Good Chaps' Disagree -- The Supreme Court (3): Who Decides What? -- Why British Democracy Does Not Exist -- British Media. Seriously? -- How 'British' is British Broadcasting? -- Lords Spiritual 'Birkies' (Berks) -- The British Monarchy (2) and Britain's 'Unwritten' Constitution -- 9. Muddle England -- Governing in the Subjunctive -- Why KBO is NBG -- Muddle England and the End of Britain -- How Do You Become Chris Grayling? -- 'Flaws That Require Urgent Attention' -- Constitutional Monarchy Without a Written Constitution -- The Cavalcade of Incompetence -- Brexit Bells Toll for Britain -- The Catch: Muddling Through and 'Good Chap' Theory Doesn't Work -- The Way We Were - Or the Way We Like to Think We Were -- The House of Lords: Ourselves Alone - Again -- Pure Gold vs. Paper Money -- Our Democratic Recession -- It Could Be Worse -- 10. How to Fix It: Independence and Interdependence -- Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste -- Recognize -- Repair -- Reform -- Home Rule for All Nations -- The Language of Discontent -- Cultural Change and Political Change -- Can the United Kingdom Be Saved? -- Independence Is a Relative not Absolute Term -- Re-framing Scottish Independence and English Independence as Home Rule -- The Cuckoo Clock. |
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What Next? - A Modest Proposal -- Why 'Home Rule All Round' Failed Before - But May Now Succeed -- Epilogue: An End and A Beginning -- Select Bibliography -- Notes -- Part One: Nations and Irritations -- Chapter 1: The English Question -- Chapter 2: British or English? -- Chapter 3: Us and Them -- Chapter 4: Another English Question: England, Which England? -- Chapter 5: God's Chosen People -- Chapter 6: Othered and Scunnered -- Chapter 7: Ireland's English Question -- Part Two: Institutions and Solutions -- Chapter 8: Do 'British' Institutions Exist? -- Chapter 9: Muddle England -- Chapter 10: How to Fix It: Independence and Interdependence -- Epilogue: An End and A Beginning -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- An Invitation from the Publisher. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| ISBN |
9781800241077 (electronic bk.) |
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