Citizenship in Modern Britain

410 Pages·2001·4.02 MB·English

by  Trevor Desmoyers-Davis

Citizenship in
Modern Britain
C
P
Cavendish
Publishing
Limited
London • Sydney

Citizenship in
Modern Britain
Trevor Desmoyers-Davis
C
P
Cavendish
Publishing
Limited
London • Sydney
First published in Great Britain 2001 by Cavendish Publishing Limited,
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Davis, Trevor
Citizenship in modern Britain
1 Citizenship – Great Britain
I Title
342.4'1'083
ISBN 1 85941 602 0
Printed and bound in Great Britain
To Yoann, Kelvin and Martine.
My mother
And the memory of my father.

Let the teaching of Citizenship open up fields of
enquiry rather than deliver settled doctrines.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am extremely grateful for all the people who have helped in some way with
this book. Trying to establish how to organise my thanks has been a
challenge and, although it may not be obvious to all, there is a logic in the
organisation of the following acknowledgments
I must initially express my gratitude to Liz Sherratt, for it was Liz who
started the whole ball rolling and had enough faith to invite me on board. I
hope all is progressing well.
Although when collectively referred to as ‘The Cavendish Girls’ they
sound more like a sixties backing group, as opposed to a triumvirate of
professional editors, I must thank Jo, Cara and especially Ruth. Throughout
this project, I have always received positive and enthusiastic responses to
even the most obvious of questions. I now speculate whether there exists a
correlation between the usage of the words ‘wonderful’ and ‘super’ and the
occupation of editor. Whist thanking the staff at Cavendish, I must also
include Jon Raeside who conversely does not need to include the ‘Mr’.
I am very appreciative to all who made comments on the early drafts of
this book. Initially these were from a small but gallant band of students. The
enthusiasm of Dominic Marsh was motivation in itself. I must also include
Ruth Millman and Ros Lee who both played their part in looking at early
drafts of the text.
The greatest burden, however, fell to the reviewer of the first draft. To
comment succinctly and perceptively upon a first draft is a skill that I had not
appreciated until I read the comments provided by Prof John Greenwood,
who reviewed the initial manuscript. John’s detailed, incisive and thoroughly
professional review, pointing out omissions and anomalies, helped
considerably in the shaping of the final text.
From Miriam’s initial cartoon, I realised that the text would benefit
considerably from the inclusion of illustrations and my thanks are extended
to Yoann, who managed to provide both a cartoon and allowed his image to
be published, so in that respect, he deserves double thanks. Thanks also to
Margaret Pickford for the use of her image. The cartoonist in chief cannot
pass without a particular mention. Special thanks are extended to Bob
Cummings, aka BobZ, who rose to the combined challenges of translating
my notes and transforming a vague idea into the cartoons within this book.
Lastly, I need to thank those members of my immediate family who
provided the time and space to allow me to disappear to the solitude of the
workroom for long periods of time in order for the text to be completed. I am
little concerned, however, by their enthusiasm for me to complete another
text!!
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