Bücher der Reihe Oxford Modern Britain

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.

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.

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.