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The political class : why it matters who our politicians are /
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 'Th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; the POLITICAL CLASS: why it matters who our politicians are; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; The Problem of the Political Class; Democracy, Representation, Inclusion, and Equality; Diversity; A Summary of the Main Argument; Why You Should Care; 1: Who or What is the Political Class?; The Political-Class Narrative I: Personal Characteristics; The Political-Class Narrative II: Attitudes; The Political-Class Narrative III: Behaviour; Conclusion; 2: The Case for the Defence.
- The Defence from Access-Why we Have to Pay our PoliticiansThe Defence from Good Intentions-Why the Media Generally Get Politicians Wrong; The Defence from Party Change; The Defence from Meritocracy; The Defence from Depoliticization; The Defence from 'a Conversation with the Average Voter'; Conclusion; 3: The Case for the Prosecution; The Intrinsic Case against the Political Class; The Case against the Political Class from Democratic Health; The Functionalist Case against the Political Class; The Case against the Political Class from Politics Itself.
- The Instrumental Case against the Political ClassWhy We Might Resist an Instrumental Argument; Conclusion: Reframing the Political-Class Issue as One of (In)equality and Effectiveness; 4: How to Make the Political Class More Diverse; Supply and Demand in Political Recruitment; How Political Parties Could Make the Political Class More Diverse; A Defence of Quotas of All Kinds; Making Being a Politician More Compatible with Being a 'Normal Person'; The Limits of Social Intervention; Why Randomly Selecting our Representatives Might Solve the Problem of the Political Class.