Twentieth-Century British Social Trends

A.H. HALSEY is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He is the author of many books, including No Discouragement: an Autobiography, and Policy and Politics. - JOSEPHINE WEBB is Research Officer, Nuffield College, Oxford.

• List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Twentieth-century Britain; A.H.Halsey DEMOGRAPHY Population and Family; D.Coleman Health; R.Fitzpatrick & T.Chandola Immigration and Ethnicity; C.Peach, A.Rogers, J.Chance & P.Daley SOCIAL REPRODUCTION Schools; G.Smith Further and Higher Education; A.H.Halsey Social Mobility; A.Heath & C.Payne ECONOMY The Labour Force; D.Gallie The Economic Environment; A.Dilnot & C.Emmerson The Distribution of Income and Wealth; A.B.Atkinson POLITICS Electors and Elected; D.Butler Towns, Urban Change and Local Government; B.Wood & J.Carter POLICY Transport and Communications; A.Root Housing; A.Holmans Social Services; J.Parker & J.Webb Social Security; J.Webb SOCIAL ORDER AND SOCIAL CONTROL Volunteers and Voluntarism; B.Harrison & J.Webb Leisure; J.Gershuny & K.Fisher Religion; P.Brierley Crime, Sentencing and Punishment; R.Hood & A.Roddam APPENDICES Appendix 1: Price Indices Appendix 2: Official Surveys Index