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Author | : Peter Allen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0198795971 |
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There is a gap between politicians and the general public. The current British political class is widely viewed as uniform in who they are, what they think, and how they behave. A more diverse pool of politicians would not only better reflect democratic principles of equality, but may even result in better political outcomes.
Author | : William Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 1831 |
Genre | : Books and reading |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Peter Oborne |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2014-11-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1471142043 |
Download The Triumph of the Political Class Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Both an extension of and a companion to his acclaimed exposé of political mendacity, THE RISE OF POLITICAL LYING, Peter Oborne's new book reveals in devastating fashion just how far we have left behind us the idea of people going into politics for that quaint reason, to serve the public. Notions of the greater good and "putting something back" now seem absurdly idealistic, such is the pervasiveness of cynicism in our politics and politicians. Of course, self-interest has always played a part, and Oborne will show how our current climate owes much to the venality of the eighteenth century. But in these allegedly enlightened times should we not know better? Do we not deserve better from those who seek our electoral approval? Full of revealing and insightful stories and anecdotes to support his case, and with a passionate call for reform, THE TRIUMPH OF THE POLITICAL CLASS is destined to be one of thedefining political books of recent years.
Author | : William Sullivan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 1839 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jens Borchert |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2003-12-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0199260362 |
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Professional politicians have increasingly come under public attack in democratic countries, yet they have received little attention in political science. This text shows that there are both similarities between professional politicians in different countries and notable national peculiarities.
Author | : Agnes Gagyi |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2021-08-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3030769437 |
Download The Political Economy of Middle Class Politics and the Global Crisis in Eastern Europe Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Contrary to dominant narratives which portray East European politics as a pendulum swing between democracy and authoritarianism, conventionally defined in terms of an ahistorical cultural geography of East vs. West, this book analyzes post-socialist transformation as part of the long downturn of the post-WWII global capitalist cycle. Based on an empirical comparison of two countries with significantly different political regimes throughout the period, Hungary and Romania, this study shows how different constellations of successive late socialist and post-socialist regimes have managed internal and external class relations throughout the same global crisis process, from very similar positions of semi-peripheral, post-socialist systemic integration. Within this context, the book follows the role of social movements since the 1970s, paying attention both to the level of differences between local integration regimes and to the level of structural similarities of global integration. The analysis maintains a special focus on movements’ class composition and inter-class relationships and the specific position of middle-class politics in movements.
Author | : Peter Allen |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2018-04-14 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0192515519 |
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Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political class. The question of who our politicians are is front and centre. Do they represent us? Are all politicians just in it for themselves? Are they disconnected from the lives of normal people? In The Political Class, Peter Allen argues that our current political class are in many important ways unlike the British people as a whole, and this matters a lot. Our politicians are currently largely drawn from limited sections of society, reflecting patterns of wider social and economic inequality which mean that, for many people, running for political office is almost impossible. This leaves us with a political class that can justifiably be described as uniform in who they are, what they think, and how they behave. Putting the state of British democracy under the microscope, Allen argues that having a more diverse political class would not only better reflect democratic principles of equality, but would also result in more legitimate political outcomes. We need to radically reshape political institutions so that more citizens have a real chance of becoming involved in making the decisions that affect all of our lives. Only by doing this can the gap between the political class and the public be reduced, and British democracy live up to its name.
Author | : Geoffrey Evans |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0198755759 |
Download The New Politics of Class Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book explores the new politics of class in 21st century Britain. It shows how the changing shape of the class structure since 1945 has led political parties to change, which has both reduced class voting and increased class non-voting. This argument is developed in three stages. The first is to show that there has been enormous social continuity in class divisions. The authors demonstrate this using extensive evidence on class and educational inequality, perceptions of inequality, identity and awareness, and political attitudes over more than fifty years. The second stage is to show that there has been enormous political change in response to changing class sizes. Party policies, politicians' rhetoric, and the social composition of political elites have radically altered. Parties offer similar policies, appeal less to specific classes, and are populated by people from more similar backgrounds. Simultaneously the mass media have stopped talking about the politics of class. The third stage is to show that these political changes have had three major consequences. First, as Labour and the Conservatives became more similar, class differences in party preferences disappeared. Second, new parties, most notably UKIP, have taken working class voters from the mainstream parties. Third, and most importantly, the lack of choice offered by the mainstream parties has led to a huge increase in class-based abstention from voting. Working class people have become much less likely to vote. In that sense, Britain appears to have followed the US down a path of working class political exclusion, ultimately undermining the representativeness of our democracy. They conclude with a discussion of the Brexit referendum and the role that working class alienation played in its historic outcome.
Author | : Spencer Piston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2018-04-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1108426980 |
Download Class Attitudes in America Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Sympathy for the poor and resentment of the rich are widespread, and they influence Americans' political preferences.
Author | : David Croteau |
Publisher | : Temple University Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781566392556 |
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"People don't believe they have a say anymore, so they've given up.">p>That's the cynical conclusion of one worker in this study of the relationships between working people and the middle-class left. This rare accessible book on class differences in American life examines the impact of class status on an individual's participation-or non-participation-in the political process.Focusing on the relative absence of white working-class involvement in many contemporary U.S. liberal and left social movements, David Croteau goes straight to the source: members of the working class and activists in the environmental, peace, women's, and other social movements. Croteau rejects standard assumptions that apathy or simple conservatism explain working-class nonparticipation. Instead, he highlights the role of class-based resources and explores how varying cultural "tools" developed in different classes are more or less helpful in navigating and influencing the existing political environment. Commonly, he finds, the result is a middle-class sense of power and entitlement and a working-class sense of powerlessness and fatalism.Contemplating the future of social movements, he explores how lack of diversity hurts the effectiveness of what have become isolated middle-class movements, and proposes solutions that would increase the future political participation of working people in social movements. Author note: David Croteau, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University, is co-author of By Invitation Only: How the Media Limits Political Debate.