Britain 1981 [antikvár]

IntroductionBritain 1981 is the thirty-second official handbook in the series; it has been prepared and revised by Reference Division (now Reference Services, Publications Division) of the Central Office of Information. The handbook is widely known as an established work of reference and is the mainstay of the reference facilities provided by the British Information Services in many countries. It is distributed overseas in a limited free edition and is on sale by Her Majesty's Stationery Office throughout the world.Britain 1981 is primarily concerned to describe the machinery of government and other institutions. It also provides some general background, but does not attempt an analytical approach to current events. The text, generally, is based on information available up to September 1980.Care should be taken when studying British statistics to note whether they refer to England, to England and Wales (considered together for many administrative and other purposes), to Great Britain, which comprises England, Wales and Scotland, or to the United Kingdom (Great Britain and Northern Ireland) as a whole.The factual and statistical information in Britain 1981 is compiled with the co-operation of other government departments and agencies, and of many other organisations. Sources of more detailed and more topical information (including statistics) are mentioned in the text and in the Bibliography towards the end of the book.