The Good Politician : Folk Theories, Political Interaction, and the Rise of Anti-Politics
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108459811
ISBN-13
9781108459815
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 26th, 2018
Print length
324 Pages
Weight
480 grams
Dimensions
22.50 x 17.40 x 1.70 cms
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Offers a substantial contribution to debates on declining political support and rising political disaffection. Using responses to public opinion surveys alongside diaries and letters collected by Mass Observation, it reveals how British citizens' understandings, expectations, and judgements of formal politics have changed since World War II.
Surveys show a lack of trust in political actors and institutions across much of the democratic world. Populist politicians and parties attempt to capitalise on this political disaffection. Commentators worry about our current ''age of anti-politics''. Focusing on the United Kingdom, using responses to public opinion surveys alongside diaries and letters collected by Mass Observation, this book takes a long view of anti-politics going back to the 1940s. This historical perspective reveals how anti-politics has grown in scope and intensity over the last half-century. Such growth is explained by citizens'' changing images of ''the good politician'' and changing modes of political interaction between politicians and citizens. Current efforts to reform and improve democracy will benefit greatly from the new evidence and conceptual framework set out in this important study.
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