The New Few: Or a Very British Oligarchy - Couverture souple

Mount, Ferdinand

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847399355 ISBN 13 : 9781847399359

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

The New Few A sharp and engaging political analysis of how democracy in Britain is being replaced by oligarchy Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This was supposed to be the era when democracy came into its own, but instead power and wealth in Britain have slowly been consolidated the hands of a small elite, while the rest of the country struggles financially and switches off politically. We are now ruled by a gang of fat-cats with fingers in every pie who squabble for power among themselves while growing richer. Bored with watching corrupt politicians jockeying for power, ordinary Britons are feeling disconnected from politics and increasingly cynical about the back-scratching relationship between politicians and big business. The New Few shows us what has led to this point, and asks the critical questions: why has Britain become a more unequal society over the past thirty years? Why have the banks been bailed out with taxpayers' money, while bankers are still receiving huge bonuses? Why have those responsible not been held accountable for the financial crash? Why has power in Britain become so concentrated in the hands of corrupt politicians who have been exposed cheating their constituents in the expenses scandal? Despite this bleak diagnosis, there are solutions to the rise of the new ruling class in the modern West. The New Few sets out some of the ways in which we can restore our democracy, bringing back real accountability to British business and fairness to our society.

Revue de presse :

'An elegant attack on inequality in society and how power and wealth are being concentrated in fewer hands' Summer reading pick, Sunday Times Culture
'This is a timely book...Wise and entertaining' Guardian
'Ferdinand Mount gives a lucid account of political decay alongside all this looting, a disengaged electorate and a cult of leadership in hock to overmighty media oligarchs, all ominously suggestive of the decline and fall of the Roman empire... This book should be compulsory reading for the cabinet' The Spectator
'A penetrating study' Independent on Sunday
'Mount's book is a brilliant attempt to import rigour and coherence; indeed, the case is better made than anyone in the administration... It demands respect and has to be read' Independent

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1847399355
• ISBN 13: 9781847399359
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320