British Social Attitudes: Continuity and Change over Two Decades (British Social Attitudes Survey series)

'...an authoritative survey of social attitudes' - The Daily Telegraph 'The most comprehensive study of public opinion' - Financial Times '...the annual survey of British social attitudes - a document arguably more significant than the urban and rural white papers rolled together ...' - New Start '...fascinating snapshot' - The Guardian '...a highly-respected annual study' - Daily Mail '...an indispensable tool not just for governments, but also for modern citizens to understand their fellows, and themselves better' - The Times Higher The annual British Social Attitudes survey provides an indispensable guide to current political and social issues in contemporary Britain. Compiled by Britain's largest independent social research institute, the National Centre for Social Research, it describes and reviews a broad range of current social attitudes and values derived from extensive nation-wide interviews. This 20th Report summarizes and interprets data from the most recent survey and draws invaluable comparisons with findings of previous years. The most comprehensive review of changing British social values available, the British Social Attitudes survey report is an essential reading for anyone seeking a guide to the topical issues and debates of today or engaged in contemporary social and political research. Tom Sefton, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics John Appleby The Kings' Fund Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, The Kings' Fund Ben Seyd, Constitution Unit John Curtice, Strathclyde University Geoffrey Evans, Nuffield College Oxford Rosemary Crompton, City University Michaela Brockmann, City University Dick Wiggins, City University Catherine Rothan Oxford University Anthony Heath, Oxford University Alison Park , National Centre for Social Research Paula Surridge, University of Bristol Steve Fisher, Oxford University John Curtice, Strathclyde University Ian Christie, Local Futures Group Sonia Exley, National Centre for Social Research Catherine Bromley, National Centre for Social Research Ted Wragg, Exeter University Lindsey Jarvis, National Centre for Social Research

'...an authoritative survey of social attitudes' - The Daily Telegraph

'The most comprehensive study of public opinion' - Financial Times

'...the annual survey of British social attitudes - a document arguably more

significant than the urban and rural white papers rolled together...' - New Start

'...fascinating snapshot' - The Guardian

'...a highly-respected annual study' - Daily Mail

'...an indispensable tool not just for governments, but also for modern citizens to understand their fellows, and themselves better' - The Times Higher

The annual British Social Attitudes survey provides an indispensable guide to current political and social issues in contemporary Britain.

Compiled by Britain's largest independent social research institute, the National Centre for Social Research, it describes and reviews a broad range of current social attitudes and values derived from extensive nation-wide interviews.

This 20th Report summarizes and interprets data from the most recent survey and draws invaluable comparisons with findings of previous years.

The most comprehensive review of changing British social values available, the British Social Attitudes survey report is an essential reading for anyone seeking a guide to the topical issues and debates of today or engaged in contemporary social and political research.

Tom Sefton, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics

John Appleby The Kings' Fund

Arturo Alvarez-Rosete, The Kings' Fund

Ben Seyd, Constitution Unit

John Curtice, Strathclyde University

Geoffrey Evans, Nuffield College Oxford

Rosemary Crompton, City University

Michaela Brockmann, City University

Dick Wiggins, City University

Catherine Rothan Oxford University

Anthony Heath, Oxford University

Alison Park, National Centre for Social Research

Paula Surridge, University of Bristol

Steve Fisher, Oxford University

John Curtice, Strathclyde University

Ian Christie, Local Futures Group

Sonia Exley, National Centre for Social Research

Catherine Bromley, National Centre for Social Research

Ted Wragg, Exeter University

Lindsey Jarvis, National Centre for Social Research

What We Want From The Welfare State / Tom Sefton -- The Nhs : Keeping Up With Public Expectations? / John Appleby And Arturo Alvarez Rosete -- Stuck In Our Cars? Mapping Transport Preferences / Sonia Exley And Ian Christie -- Has Britain Become Immune To Inequality? / Catherine Bromley -- Is There A Crisis Of Political Participation? / John Curtice And Ben Seyd -- Pass Or Fail? : Perceptions Of Education / Ted Wragg And Lindsey Jarvis -- Charting Change In British Values / Alison Park And Paula Surridge -- A Woman's Place ... Employment And Family Life For Men And Women / Rosemary Crompton, Michaela Brockmann And Richard D. Wiggins -- Trends In Racial Prejudice / Catherine Rothon And Anthony Heath -- Will We Ever Vote For The Euro? / Geoffrey Evans -- The Power To Persuade? A Tale Of Two Prime Ministers / John Curtice And Stephen Fisher. Editors, Alison Park ... [et Al.]. Published In Association With The National Centre For Social Research. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. To mark the 20th anniversary of the annual British Social Attitudes survey, this year's report focuses on changes over the entire period rather than from one year to the next. Among the areas it notes changing attitudes are the welfare state, the National Health Service, inequality, political participation, education, British values employment and When the Conservative Party came to power in 1979, they argued that excessive public expenditure was at the heart of Britain's economic difficulties and that the levels of taxation needed to finance past rates of growth in public spending had become unsustainable (Burchardt and Hills, 1999).