Citizenship In Modern Britain

Trevor Desmoyers-Davis teaches Social Science at Bennet Memorial School, Kent.

The State,Society and Citizens; Defining Citizenship; The Role of the State and Citizenship; Rights and Responsibilities; The Freedom of Information; The Citizen and the Legal System; A Citizen's Ability to Redress Grievances; The Citizen and the Police; The Role of the State in the Provision of Welfare; Attitudes Towards Citizens Receiving Welfare Benefits; Political Participation within a Democracy; Explaining Citizens' Voting and Non-Voting Behaviour; Putting Representatives into Representative Democracy; The Social Characteristics of a Good Representative; Parties, Ideologies and Citizens; Popular Political Involvement; The Creation of Differently Empowered Citizens; Role of the Media of a Citizen's Identity; Stereotyping, Labelling and Image; Inequality and Poverty on a Citizen's Life Chances; Be Active, Be Thoughtful, Be a Successful Student.