UK CENSUSES 1991-2022
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UK CENSUSES 1991-2022 POLICY CHANGES
UK CENSUSES 1991-2022 POLICY CHANGES

Author(s): Małgorzata Kułakowska
Subject(s): Politics and society, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Census policies; United Kingdom; identity politics; ethnicity; religion;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to look into the processes of organizing censuses and toanalyze them as a form of public policy reflecting but also shaping social rela-tions. The paper acknowledges the challenges inherent in the running of census-es at the decentralized level and administered by different institutions. The con-tent analysis of the census forms is used to track the changes introduced withinthe last decades and differences between censuses across the United Kingdom.The changes in the census questionnaires are presented as affected by external,sociodemographic factors, concurrent legislation, and political considerations.

  • Issue Year: XXII/2025
  • Issue No: 97
  • Page Range: 183-199
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English
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