Soundings a journal of politics and culture

Issue 18 Summer 2001

States of Mind

Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey and Michael Rustin (editors) with Gerry Hassan (guest editor)

Issue 18 of Soundings looks at the effects of constitutional change in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and especially at its impact on notions of Britain and Britishness. It examines the implications of the changes made so far for wider questions of democracy, including the feminisation of representation, English regional devolution, and the relationship between ethnicity and citizenship. Continuing the theme of democracy, there is a set of articles on cities and democracy, with contributors discussing how much room for political manoeuvre there is at local level, particularly in relation to New Labour's reforms in this area. Other articles include Geoff Andrews on the return of Berlusconi to power, Glyn Ford on the crisis in North Korea and Jane Desmarais on literature and anorexia.

Contributors and Contents:

CONTRIBUTORS:

Geoff Andrews, Matthew Beaumont, D. M. Black, Angie Birtill, Beatrix Campbell, Paul Chaney, John Coakley, Csaba Deák, Jane Desmarais, David T. Evans, Dave Featherstone, Jane Foot, Glyn Ford, Sue Gardener, Katie Grant, Gerry Hassan, Kevin Howard, Cathal McCall, Jim McCormick, Mark Perryman, Caroline Price, Peter Redman, Mary-Ann Stephenson, Hilary Wainwright, Gregory Warren Wilson, Charlotte Williams

CONTENTS:

Editorial "Markets and Democracy"

City Symposium II

Introduction: Questions of Democracy Doreen Massey
From Beswick to Brazil Hilary Wainwright
New Deal in Kilburn Angie Birtill
Cleansing the Rascals from the Castle Beatrix Campbell
Whose community? Jane Foot
The Partido dos Trabalhadores in São Paulo Csaba Deák
Berlusconi's Finest Hour Geoff Andrews
Through the Looking Glass: Alice in Asia Glyn Ford
Anorexic and Passive Resistance: A Literary Case Study Jane Desmarais
Four Poems Gregory Warren Wilson, Caroline Price, Sue Gardener, D. M. Black
Reviews Peter Redman, Matthew Beaumont, Dave Featherstone

Part II
A Very British Affair

Editorial "Introduction: A Very British Revolution"

After Blair: The Future of Britishness Gerry Hassan and Jim McCormick
England's Screaming Mark Perryman
The Dull Consensus of Scottish Identity Katie Grant
The Protean British Identity in Britain and Northern Ireland Cathal McCall
Devolution and Identities: The Experience of Ethnic Minorities in Wales Charlotte Williams and Paul Chaney
Transforming the United Kingdom: The View from Dublin John Coakley and Kevin Howard
Feminising Politics: Lessons from Scotland and Wales Mary-Ann Stephenson
Keep the Clause: Section 28 and the Politics of Sexuality in Scotland and the UK David T. Evans

Paperback, 192pp, £9.99, All rights L&W
ISBN: 0 85315 926 2