xiv, 282 pages : 26 cm

"This new key textbook for introductory courses in human geography provides first and second-year undergraduates with a comprehensive thematic approach to the changing human geography of the UK at the end of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries. Covering local, regional, national, European and global issues, it also explores in some detail topics which are part of the lived experience of undergraduates themselves, such as crime, unemployment, social exclusion and AIDS."--BOOK JACKET

Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-269) and index

Machine derived contents note: List of figures xiii -- List of tables xv -- List of boxes xvii -- Acknowledgements xix -- Abbreviations xxi -- one THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF THE UK: SOME ISSUES -- 1 Approaches to the human geography of the UK 3 -- 1.1 Introduction 4 -- 1.2 The human geography of the UK: some problems 5 -- 1.3 Approaches to the human geography of the UK 6 -- 2 The UK in a global context 9 -- 2.1 Introduction 10 -- 2.2 The rise and fall of the UK 10 -- 2.3 European integration and UK responses 12 -- 2.4 Globalisation and the UK 14 -- 2.5 Summary 16 -- 3 Processes of socioeconomic change 17 -- 3.1 Introduction 18 -- 3.2 The processes of economic change 19 -- 3.3 Dimensions of social change 22 -- 3.3.1 Class 22 -- 3.3.2 Gender and sexuality 23 -- 3.3.3 'Race' and ethnicity 24 -- 3.4 Summary 25 -- 4 An era of exclusion: polarisation and division 26 -- 4.1 Introduction 27 -- 4.2 Recent debates on division 29 -- 4.3 Summary 32 -- 5 Cultural change 33 -- 5.1 Introduction 34 -- 5.2 Post-war cultural change 34 -- 5.3 Ethnic identities and cultures 37 -- 5.4 Summary 38 -- 6 Political change 39 -- 6.1 Introduction 40 -- 6.2 Constitutional change 40 -- 6.3 Political change 41 -- 6.4 Devolution: the end of the UK? 43 -- 6.5 Political ideologies, pressure groups and identity politics 44 -- 6.6 Summary 48 -- two THE UK IN A PERIOD OF CHANGE 51 -- 7 The UK population 53 -- 7.1 Introduction 54 -- 7.2 Population distribution 54 -- 7.3 Population change 55 -- 7.3.1 Fertility 56 -- 7.3.2 Mortality 60 -- 7.3.3 Migration 62 -- 7.4 Population issues 64 -- 7.4.1 Extra-marital fertility 64 -- 7.4.2 Ageing population 65 -- 7.4.3 Household and family change 66 -- 7.4.4 Immigration 67 -- 7.4.5 Ethnic minorities 69 -- 7.5 Summary 70 -- Revision questions 71 -- Key texts 71 -- 8 Work 72 -- 8.1 Introduction 73 -- 8.2 The changing world of work 74 -- 8.2.1 What is work? 74 -- 8.2.2 Unemployment 75 -- 8.3 Sectors of the economy 76 -- 8.3.1 Deindustrialisation and the decline in male employment 77 -- 8.3.2 Case studies of deindustrialisation 77 -- 8.3.3 The rise of the service sector 79 -- 8.3.4 Agriculture 81 -- 8.4 Demography and social change 81 -- 8.4.1 Young adults and work 82 -- 8.4.2 Feminisation of the labour market 83 -- 8.4.3 An ageing population 85 -- 8.5 Work practices 86 -- 8.5.1 Flexible work 86 -- 8.5.2 Self-employment 87 -- 8.5.3 Homeworking 88 -- 8.5.4 Unpaid work 89 -- 8.5.5 Workaholism and stress 90 -- 8.6 Summary 90 -- 8.6.1 Case study: 'Workaholic Britain' 91 -- Revision questions 92 -- Key texts 92 -- 9 Consumption and leisure 93 -- 9.1 Introduction 94 -- 9.2 Leisure and consumption in the UK today 95 -- 9.2.1 The development of the consuming lifestyle 95 -- 9.2.2 Changes in leisure and consumption patterns 96 -- 9.2.3 Consuming lifestyles in the UK 101 -- 9.3 New landscapes of consumption 102 -- 9.3.1 Case study: Nottingham's Lace Market 103 -- 9.4 Summary 106 -- Revision questions 106 -- Key texts 106 -- 10 Health and well-being 107 -- 10.1 Introduction 108 -- 10.2 Mortality 108 -- 10.3 The geography of health and well-being: some causal factors 110 -- 10.3.1 Environmental factors 111 10.3.2 Behaviour and lifestyle 112 -- 10.4 Health inequalities 119 -- 10.4.1 Age 119 -- 10.4.2 Gender 119 -- 10.4.3 Social class 120 -- 10.4.4 Ethnicity 122 -- 10.5 Health care provision 122 -- 10.6 Summary 125 -- kevision questions 126 -- Key texts 126 -- 11 Culture and identity 127 -- 11.1 Introduction 128 -- 11.2 Understanding culture and identity 128 -- 11.3 Challenges to culture and identity: whither England? 131 -- 11.4 Fabricators and symbols of culture and identity 135 -- 11.4.1 Place 136 -- 11.4.2 Education 136 -- 11.4.3 Language 137 -- 11.4.4 Media 139 -- 11.4.5 Religion 140 -- 11.4.6 Sport 141 -- 11.4.7 Dress 142 -- 11.4.8 Music 143 -- 11.4.9 Food and drink 144 -- 11.5 Gendered culture and identity 145 -- 11.6 Summary 146 -- Revision questions 147 -- Key texts 147 -- 12 Policy responses 148 -- 12.1 Introduction 149 -- 12.2 Rural and urban issues 149 -- 12.3 Transport and sustainability debates 154 -- 12.4 Regional governance and the English regions 155 -- 12.5 The New Deal for Welfare to Work: from full employment to full -- employability 158 -- 12.6 The UK regions and EU economic development policies 160 -- 12.7 Summary 161 -- Revision questions 161 -- Key texts 162 -- three THE UK: A SOCIETY AND STATE DIVIDED? 163 -- 13 Constitutional and political change 165 -- with PETE SHIRLOW -- 13.1 Introduction 166 -- 13.2 Devolution 166 -- 13.2.1 Ireland-Northern Ireland 167 -- 13.2.2 Scotland 172 -- 13.2.3 Wales 175 -- 13.2.4 England? 176 -- 13.3 Regionalism 177 -- 13.3.1 London 179 -- 13.3.2 North East 179 -- 13.3.3 Yorkshire and Humber 180 -- 13.4 Other constitutional reform 180 -- 13.4.1 The Monarchy 180 -- 13.4.2 The House of Lords 181 -- 13.4.3 Voting reform 182 -- 13.5 National government and politics: 'new' Labour, new political geography? 185 -- 13.6 Local government and politics 187 -- 13.7 Europe 189 -- 13.8 Summary 191 -- Revision questions 192 -- Key texts 192 -- 14 Geographical divisions: a tale of two regions 193 -- 14.1 Introduction 194 -- 14.2 Regions in the UK 194 -- 14.3 A tale of two regions: the North East and South East 195 -- 14.3.1 The people 197 -- 14.3.2 Work 199 -- 14.3.3 Housing 201 -- 14.3.4 Lifestyle 206 -- 14.3.5 Health 208 -- 14.4 Intra-regional variation 210 -- 14.5 Summary 211 -- Revision questions 212 -- Key texts 212 -- 15 The haves and the have-nots 213 -- 15.1 Introduction 214 -- 15.2 The UK: the emergence of two nations? 214 -- 15.2.1 Social polarisation in the UK 214 -- 15.2.2 The haves 216 -- 15.2.3 The have-nots 216 -- 15.3 Dimensions of polarisation 217 -- 15.3.1 Case studies of polarisation 217 -- 15.4 Summary 219 -- Revision questions 220 -- Key texts 220 -- 16 The geography of polarisation and division 221 -- with PETE SHIRLOW -- 16.1 Introduction 222 -- 16.1.1 Case study: divided Britain 223 -- 16.2 The forces of polarisation in urban and rural parts of the UK 225 -- 16.3 The impacts of urban and rural change 227 -- 16.3.1 Rust belts, urban decline and crime 227 -- 16.3.2 Case study: St Ann's, Nottingham -- the 1960s situation 228 -- 16.3.3 Case study: the Park Estate 230 -- 16.3.4 Religious division, segregation and exclusion in Northern Ireland 231 -- 16.3.5 Gentrification and the inner city 233 -- 16.3.6 In search of the rural idyll, NIMBYism and green belts 234 -- 16.3.7 The 'other' rural 236 -- 16.4 Summary 237 -- Revision questions 238 -- Key texts 238 -- Glossary 239 -- Bibliography 244 -- Index 270

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