Reckless Opportunists - Elites At the End of the Establishment

Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging society they are destroying the basis of Establishment rule itself. The book, based on over 350 elite interviews, asks: how did we end up producing the leaders that got us here and what can we do about it?

List of contents

Introduction

Part I: Barbarians inside the gate
1 The end of the Establishment?
2 Elites against the institution

Part II: Getting to the top
3 Selling leaders
4 Rise of the greasy poll experts

Part III: Staying at the top
5 Different worlds, different cultures
6 Secrets and lies
7 The numbers game

Part IV: Exit strategies
8 The safety of the herd
9 Liquid leaders and networks
Conclusions
Index

About the author

Aeron Davis is Professor of Political Communication and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) at Goldsmiths, University of London

Summary

Aeron Davis looks at the growing crisis of leadership in Britain today. He argues that increasingly self-interested elites are not only damaging society they are destroying the basis of Establishment rule itself. The book, based on over 350 elite interviews, asks: how did we end up producing the leaders that got us here and what can we do about it? -- .

Product details

• Authors: Aeron Davis, Davis Aeron
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781526127280
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2728-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Manchester Capitalism; Manchester Capitalism Mup; Manchester Capitalism
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Political leaders & leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political leaders and leadership