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What kind of democracy is this? : politics in a changing world /

Has there ever been a period in modern history when democratic politics seemed more unpredictable or unruly? Matthew Flinders ranges expertly across architecture, art, fell running and fairy tales in an attempt to understand the emerging democratic landscape. This refreshing and stimulating book see...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Flinders, Matthew V. (Autor)
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.
Temas:	2000-2099 Democracy > History > 21st century. POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy. Democracy. History.
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Intro
Contents
Before you open the post ...
1st post. Life, feral politics and fell running
1. Fire and ashes: Success and failure in politics
On reflection
2. Down and out in Bloemfontein
On reflection
3. Reveries of a solitary fell runner
On reflection
4. Feral politics: Searching for meaning in the 21st century
On reflection
5. Sharks, asylum seekers and Australian politics
On reflection
6. The smart fork and the crowding out of thought
On reflection
7. 'Vape'
a word that encapsulates the nothingness of today
On reflection
8. Saints and sinners, politicians and priests
On reflection
9. Why satire is no joke any more
On reflection
2nd post. Democracy and disgust, love and loathing
10. In our name: The ethics of democracy
On reflection
11. The problems with democracy
continuing the conversation into a new year
On reflection
12. Do we have too much democracy?
On reflection
13. Calming the storm: Bernard Crick, defending politics and the importance of citizenship
On reflection
14. Look beneath the vote
On reflection
15. Democracy is about more than a vote: Politics and brand management
On reflection
16. Beastly Eastleigh and the 'None-of-the-Above' Party
On reflection
17. Where next? New politics, kinder politics and the myth of anti-politics
On reflection
3rd post
3rd post. Representation, disintegration and desire
18. What a mess! The politics and governance of the British constitution
On reflection
19. The Dis-United Kingdom?
On reflection
20. A new and fair constitutional settlement? Beware of constitutional hyper-activism
On reflection
21. Looking beyond the Scottish referendum
On reflection
22. The culture of nastiness and the paradox of civility.
23. Learning to love democracy: A note to William Hague
On reflection
23. Let the people speak! Devolution, decentralisation, deliberation
On reflection
25. Raw politics: Devolution, democracy and deliberation
On reflection
4th post. Pressure, personality and politics
26. Vote Jeremy Clarkson on 7 May! Celebrity politics and political reality
27. After the storm: Failure, fallout and Farage
On reflection
28. Tony Benn was a true man of the people
On reflection
29. Dear Russell Brand: On the politics of comedy and disengagement
On reflection
30. Foolish, but no fool: Boris Johnson and the art of politics
On reflection
31. Remembering Margaret Thatcher
On reflection
32. Trump that: The failure and farce of American politics
On reflection
33. Mad politics
On reflection
5th post. Art and architecture, politics and protest
34. Shake your chains: Politics, poetry and protest
On reflection
35. DIY democracy: Festivals, parks and fun
On reflection
36. Participatory arts and active citizenship
On reflection
37. The body politic: Art, pain, Putin
On reflection
38. It's just a joke!
On reflection
39. Left behind? The future of progressive politics
On reflection
40. Why Parliament matters: Waging war and restraining power
On reflection
41. Rip it up and start again
On reflection
42. Democracy Day: We need to break free
On reflection
6th post. Fig leaves and fairy tales
43. Attack ads and American presidential politics
On reflection
44. Dante and the spin doctors
On reflection
45. Democratic realism
On reflection
46. Bang, bang
democracy's dead: Obama and the politics of gun control
On reflection
47. Fig leaves and fairy tales: political promises and the Truth-O-Meter
On reflection.
48. Disengaged Britain: 'Don't vote, it just encourages the b**tards'
On reflection
49. The blunders of our governments
On reflection
50. Dear Maria Miller, it really wasn't all your fault
On reflection
51. Bring me a scapegoat to destroy: Babies, blame and bargains
On reflection
The last post. Making politics relevant in a post-truth world
52. Explaining political disaffection: Closing the expectations gap
On reflection
53. Politics without vision
On reflection
54. Dangerous minds: 'Public' political science or 'punk' political science?
On reflection
55. Claims of increasing irrelevance of universities are ideology masquerading as evidence
On reflection
56. The dismal debate: Would a 'Brexit' mean more power for the UK?
On reflection
57. Post-truth, post-political, post-democracy: The tragedy of the UK's referendum on the European Union
On reflection
58. A talent for politics? The 'great scholar, poor politician' thesis
On reflection
59. Standing up and shaping the agenda: Rejecting discrimination, embracing difference
On reflection
60. Welcome to the year of living dangerously
2017
On reflection
A special delivery: 'So, what kind of democracy is this?'
Notes
Sources
INDEX.

What kind of democracy is this? : politics in a changing world /

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