This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today.

Key underlying themes include:

• The differences between traditional and alternative 'sites of power' and what we mean by 'political'
• the relationships between politics, society and how individuals become and remain engaged with politics
• the rapid transformations in contemporary social structures and their impact on social and political life
• the role of human agency and its significance to social...

This major new textbook will equip students with a complete understanding of contemporary politics, state and society in the United Kingdom today.

Key underlying themes include:

• The differences between traditional and alternative 'sites of power' and what we mean by 'political'
• the relationships between politics, society and how individuals become and remain engaged with politics
• the rapid transformations in contemporary social structures and their impact on social and political life
• the role of human agency and its significance to social...