ABSTRACT

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 century. 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.

User-friendly textbook features include:
* chapter introductions, summaries and important theoretical principles
* up-to-date further reading and key on-line sources
* case studies, examples and revision questions.

part 1|49 pages

The Human Geography of the UK

chapter 2|8 pages

The UK in a Global Context

chapter 3|9 pages

Processes of Socioeconomic Change

chapter 4|7 pages

An Era of Exclusion

Polarisation and division

chapter 5|6 pages

Cultural Change

chapter 6|11 pages

Political Change

part 2|112 pages

The UK in a Period of Change

chapter 7|19 pages

The UK Population

chapter 8|21 pages

Work

chapter 9|14 pages

Consumption and Leisure

chapter 10|20 pages

Health And Well-Being

chapter 11|21 pages

Culture and Identity

chapter 12|15 pages

Policy Responses

part 3|76 pages

The UK

chapter 13|28 pages

Constitutional and Political Change

chapter 14|20 pages

Geographical Divisions

A tale of two regions

chapter 15|8 pages

The Haves and The Have-Nots

chapter 16|18 pages

The Geography of Polarisation and Division