State of play British politics on screen, stage and page, from Anthony Trollope to The thick of it

A State of Play explores how the British have imagined their politics, from the parliament worship of Anthony Trollope to the cynicism of The Thick of It . In an account that mixes historical with political analysis, Steven Fielding argues that fictional depictions of politics have played an importa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Fielding, Steven, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, England : Bloomsbury Academic 2023.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745047506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: depicting democracy
  • Parliament worship
  • Disappointing democracy
  • The people's war and after
  • Imagining the post-war consensus
  • The established order undermined
  • The televised crisis
  • Yes, conspirator
  • Still no job for a lady
  • A thick ending
  • Epilogue: what would Plato say?.