Abstract collection. RAS. INION. Center for Scientific Information. research global and regional problems. Dept. Western Europe and America. M., 2002, 164 pp. The collection contains abstracts devoted to various aspects of social life in modern Great Britain. The issues of self-identification of the British, the problem of reforming parliament, the British economic model, the British government's approaches to international financial regulation, issues of political culture, regional governance, the problem of Northern Ireland, policy in the field of European integration and security are considered. E. A. Narochnitskaya, O. V. Kuzin. Introduction: Britain as a unique “historical laboratory” of the Western world.R. Cohen. Briton or Englishman: Absolute ambiguity.T. Ash. Are the British Europeans? M. Flinders. Changing the balance?Parliament, the executive and the British constitution.D. Shell. Labor and the House of Lords: An example of constitutional reform. Reforming regional governance institutions in the United Kingdom: Some problems and features. (Summary abstract).J. Cronin. Convergence by persuasion: Politics and economics in the formation of the “Anglo-American model”. M. Watson. Sticks or butter in the wheels of international finance? The neo-Laborist idea of a “new Bretton Woods”. J. Stevenson. Unbreakable peace in Northern Ireland?P. Joannon. The 9/11 attacks and the end of terrorism in Northern Ireland.L. Kotler-Berkowitz. Religion and voting behavior in Great Britain: New assessments.K. Bouchel, J. Briggs. Will women change politics? M. Henn, M. Weinstein, D. Ring. A generation apart: Youth and political activism in Britain.J. Howorth. Great Britain, NATO and the Common European Security and Defense Policy: Unchanged Strategy, Renewed Tactics.D. Keoane. Discussion about Britain's position in the Kosovo conflict: Some assessments.