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60 books match the query 'Britain' and 2 start with w

cover of Watteau's Shepherds: The Detective Novel in Britain, 1914–1940

Watteau's Shepherds

The Detective Novel in Britain, 1914–1940

LeRoy Lad Panek

University of Wisconsin Press, 1979

Detective stories should be examined from a literary point of view, with special attention to literary history and to materials and patterns from which the writers created their fictions. This book sheds new light into the fascinating field of detective fiction.
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cover of What Women Want: Gender and Voting in Britain, Japan and the United States

What Women Want

Gender and Voting in Britain, Japan and the United States

Gill Steel

University of Michigan Press, 2022

What Women Want analyzes decades of voting preferences, values, and policy preferences to debunk some of the media and academic myths about gender gaps in voting and policy preferences. Findings show that no single theory explains when differences in women’s and men’s voting preferences emerge, when they do not, or when changes—or the lack thereof—occur over time. Steel extends existing theories to create a broader framework for thinking about gender and voting behavior to provide more analytical purchase in understanding gender and its varying effects on individual voters’ preferences. She incorporates the long-term effects of party identification and class politics on political decision-making, particularly in how they influence preferences on social provision and on expectations of the state. She also points to the importance of symbolic politics

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