Aeron Davis

Reckless opportunists

Elites at the end of the Establishment

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Produktbeschreibung

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? -- .

Produktdetails

• Manchester Capitalism
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 132mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781526127273
• ISBN-10: 152612727X
• Artikelnr.: 49459711

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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