Orderly Britain: How Britain has resolved everyday problems, from dog fouling to double parking - Hardcover

Newburn, Tim; Ward, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472137965 ISBN 13: 9781472137968

Publisher: Robinson, 2022

Synopsis

How do British pavements remain free of dog mess? Why are paths not littered with cigarette butts or roads not lined with abandoned cars? What does the decline of the public lavatory say about us and is the national reputation for queuing still deserved today?

Orderly Britain takes a topical look at modern society, examining how it is governed and how it organises itself. It considers the rules of daily life, where they come from and why they exist. It asks whether citizens are generally compliant and uncomplaining or rebellious and defiant. This quirky social history takes a close look at shifting customs and practices, people's expectations of each other and how rule-makers seek to shape everyone's lives - even when ignoring some of those rules themselves.

Taking the reader on a journey that covers a range of topics - dog mess, smoking, drinking, parking, queuing, toilets - Orderly Britain examines the rapidly changing patterns of everyday life, from post-war to present day, and concludes with an extended look at the unparalleled shifts in social routines that resulted from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Asking whether it is the proliferation of rules and regulations in the UK or something else that keeps people in line, authors Tim Newburn and Andrew Ward offer a unique insight into what creates orderly Britons.

About this title

About the Author

Andrew Ward (Author)
Andrew Ward is a freelance writer who has worked as a milkman. He has over thirty books to his name. Ward has also worked as a statistician and researcher in commerce, industry and higher education. He is currently working on two social-history projects with Professor Tim Newburn of the London School of Economics.

Tim Newburn (Author)
TIM NEWBURNis Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. He is the author, co-author or editor of many books, including Criminology (Routledge, 2012), Handbook of Policing (Willan, 2008) and The Sage Handbook of Criminological Theory (Sage, 2010). His work with the Guardian newspaper led to Reading the Riots: Investigating England's Summer of Disorder (Guardian Shorts, 2011), and will be published in more extended form by Guardian/Faber and Faber in 2016.

From the Back Cover

'We British are, by and large, an orderly people. On one level that's no great claim to make. It is merely an observation that life on these islands is organised, generally predictable and largely co-operative, rather than chaotic and anarchic. It is orderly, in part, because we need to get along, but also because everyday life is heavily rule-governed ...'

Edition details

• Publisher: Robinson
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1472137965
• ISBN 13: 9781472137968
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288