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Informationen zum Autor Steven Fielding is Professor of Political History in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham! UK! where he is also Director of the Centre for British Politics. His books include England Arise! The Labour Party and Popular Politics in 1940s Britain (1995! with Peter Thompson and Nick Tiratsoo) and The Labour Party: Continuity and Change in the Making of 'New' Labour (2003). He is a regular writer and broadcaster on the fictional representation of formal politics. Klappentext How has British democracy been represented in novels, plays and films during a century of political turbulence? Steven Fielding offers a study of the fictionalisation of British politics during the rise, consolidation and apparent fall of party politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: Depicting democracy Chapter One: Parliament worship Chapter Two: Disappointing democracy Chapter Three: The people’s war and after Chapter Four: Imagining the post-war consensus Chapter Five: The established order undermined Chapter Six: The televised crisis Chapter Seven: Yes, conspirator Chapter Eight: Still no job for a lady Chapter Nine: A thick ending Epilogue: What would Plato say? BibliographyIndex
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AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Depicting democracyChapter One: Parliament worshipChapter Two: Disappointing democracyChapter Three: The people's war and afterChapter Four: Imagining the post-war consensusChapter Five: The established order underminedChapter Six: The televised crisisChapter Seven: Yes, conspiratorChapter Eight: Still no job for a ladyChapter Nine: A thick endingEpilogue: What would Plato say?BibliographyIndex
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Well researched and judiciously selective, not to mention fastidiously politically correct - nearly every chapter includes a sub-section on women - Steven Fielding's study makes a concise and thought-provoking shadow history of modern British politics. Houman Barekat The Spectator 20140531
