Product Description In this lucidly argued book, A. H. Halsey offers a provocative analysis of the direction which British Society has taken this century. He points to changes involving class and status, social and geographical mobility, standards of living, and the family, and explains how these changes havebeen affected by patterns of economic growth, liberal and Marxist theories, and the power of the state. This new and fully revised edition covers the whole of Margaret Thatcher's period as Primer Minister, and its aftermath in the premiership of John Major. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the whole system of the Second World War has ended. Halseyconsiders the implications of these events, and asks what their effects have been on liberty, equality, social cohesion, and conflict. From the Back Cover In this lucidly argued book, A. H. Halsey offers a provocative analysis of the direction which British society has taken this century. He points to changes involving class and status, social and geographical mobility, standards of living, and the family, and explains how these changes have been affected by economic growth, liberal and Marxist theories, and the power of the state. This new and fully revised edition covers the whole of the twentieth century, including Margaret Thatcher's period as Prime Minister, and the premiership of John Major. It incorporates a wide range of issues which have arisen in the past few years: changes in education, the fortunes of political parties, the tightening of immigration control, the decline of the manufacturing industry, and the challenge which the 1990s poses to the nuclear family. Professor Halsey considers the implications of these recent events, and asks what their effects have been on liberty, equality, social cohesion, and conflict. About the Author A. H. Halsey is Professor of Social and Administrative Studies at Oxford University and a Fellow of Nuffield College. His many publications include Power and Ideology in Education (with J. Karabel) and Origins and Destinations (with A. F. Heath and J. M. Ridge) - OUP.