Synopsis
The number one bestseller on the hardback list for more than six months, The State We're In is the most explosive analysis of British society to have been published for over thirty years. It is now updated for the paperback edition.
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À propos de l?auteur
Will Hutton is Chair of the Big Innovation Centre. He was previously editor-in-chief of the Observer, and is the author of many books, including the bestselling The State We're In.
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The State We're In : (Revised Edition)
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Penguin Random House, 2017
ISBN 10 : 1784707198
ISBN 13 : 9781784707194
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Vendeur : Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Royaume-Uni
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Etat : Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur 45318578-20
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The State Were In
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Paperback. Etat : Fair. There are political books, there are economic books, and then there is The State We?re In by Will Hutton, which arrives not so much as a book but as a prolonged, intelligent sigh in the direction of Britain. Published in 1996, this is one of those gloriously serious titles that manages to sound both conversational and faintly accusatory. The State We?re In. Not A Few Concerns About Policy . Not Some Modest Suggestions for Administrative Improvement . No, this is a national stocktake with the emotional undertone of someone who has opened the cupboard under the stairs, found it full of damp, broken deckchairs and a constitutional crisis, and decided that enough is enough. Will Hutton, of course, was one of the great public worriers of the age, which is meant here as a compliment. He belonged to that increasingly rare species: the high-functioning British commentator who looked at the economy, institutions, ownership, education, corporate culture and social contract, and thought, quite correctly, that perhaps we should stop pretending everything would sort itself out if left alone with a cup of tea. This book comes from the 1990s, that marvellous era when Britain was still trying to decide whether it was a modern European nation, a privatised theme park, or simply a place where everyone queued politely while the infrastructure quietly dissolved. And what a title for a second-hand bookshop shelf. The State We?re In has only improved with age, because every passing decade gives it fresh opportunities to sound either prophetic or understated. In 1996 it was a diagnosis. Now it reads almost like a recurring national franchise. There is something deeply British about that: the same worries, new governments, different haircuts, identical plumbing problems. As sold by Crappy Old Books, this copy is in fair condition , though the reality is rather kinder than that might suggest. There is slight water damage to the top right of the pages , causing a subtle swelling and nudging the book just below what one might call ?great condition,? but it remains perfectly readable and storable , which in many ways is the ideal status for a book about Britain itself: slightly swollen by damp, structurally sound, and still capable of making a coherent argument. Honestly, the condition is almost too on-brand. That minor water damage even lends it a certain democratic authenticity. A pristine political paperback can sometimes feel suspiciously theoretical, as though it has never been exposed to ordinary life. A gently affected copy, by contrast, looks like it has been read in kitchens, on trains, near teacups, or beside radiators in homes where people actually argued about the future of the country. That seems entirely appropriate. This is not a decorative object masquerading as thought. It is a working book, a serious paperback with opinions. The great charm of books like this is that they come from a time when public argument was still allowed to be dense, structural and unfashionably big-picture. Hutton was not trying to optimise your morning routine or teach the nation to journal its way through deindustrialisation. He was asking much larger questions: how a country is run, who benefits, what kind of economy it has built, and whether the institutions are designed for broad prosperity or for the convenience of a relatively small number of people with good lunches. In other words, the light stuff. Naturally, there is a rich irony in picking up a 1996 diagnosis of Britain in the present day. One imagines reading it with the alternating emotions of admiration, nostalgia, and the faint horror of realising that some national problems have not so much been solved as lovingly refinished and handed on. Books like this can be dangerous in that way. They do not merely illuminate the past; they hold up an awkward mirror and ask why the wallpaper is still peeling. For collectors of modern political writing, economics, British public debate, or ?serious books from the era when everyone suddenly discovered words like stakeholder capitalism,? it is a fine thing to have. For ordinary readers, it offers that particularly satisfying second-hand bookshop experience: a thoughtful, weighty work that still feels alive, still sounds relevant, and still carries enough moral and intellectual heft to make most current hot takes look like crisp packets blowing down Whitehall. It also has excellent shelf energy. A copy of The State We?re In says that you are either intellectually curious, mildly alarmed about Britain, or both. It suggests a household where at least one person may have opinions about privatisation, skills policy, regional imbalance, corporate governance, or why this country keeps acting surprised by the consequences of things it did on purpose twenty years earlier. That is useful information for any shelf to convey. So here we have a fair-but-honest copy of a major 1990s intervention: lightly touched by water, faintly swollen, fully readable, and carrying the sort of title that only grows more resonant as the decades pile on. It is a little worn, a little weathered, and still perfectly serviceable ? which, again, is almost suspiciously apt. The State We?re In is exactly the kind of book Crappy Old Books likes to rescue: serious, opinionated, historically rooted, and unintentionally funnier with age than its author probably intended. If you like British politics, economic argument, national self-examination, or simply the pleasure of owning a book whose condition faintly resembles the country it describes, this is a very good and very British thing to bring home. N° de réf. du vendeur 5888
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Hutton, W: The State We\ re In
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Vintage Publishing, 2017
ISBN 10 : 1784707198
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Etat : New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The number one bestseller on the hardback list for more than six months, The State We re In is the most explosive analysis of British society to have been published for over thirty years. It is now updated for the paperback edition. N° de réf. du vendeur 596850835
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The number one bestseller on the hardback list for more than six months, The State We're In is the most explosive analysis of British society to have been published for over thirty years. It is now updated for the paperback edition. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781784707194
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. The State Were In | Will Hutton | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2017 | Vintage | EAN 9781784707194 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. N° de réf. du vendeur 134471889
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