Title:
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INSTITUTIONAL CRISIS IN 21ST CENTURY BRITAIN
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By: |
David Richards (Editor), Martin Smith (Editor), Colin Hay (Editor) |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£54.17 |
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ISBN 10: |
1137334398 |
ISBN 13: |
9781137334398 |
Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
Pub. date: |
23 April, 2014 |
Series: |
Understanding Governance |
Description: |
In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis. |
Synopsis: |
In the 21st Century, a 'perfect storm' appears to have engulfed may of Britain's most important institutions'. The list of those it has enveloped is extensive, but headline acts would include - the banking sector for malpractice, Parliament for its expenses scandal, the media for phone-hacking and the police for duplicity and corruption. It raises a fundamental question of whether there is an endemic and fundamental crisis in British political, economic and social institutions or instead simply a set of contingent events that have been discursively constructed and presented as a collective crisis? This volume offer the first major, wholesale consideration of the extent to which a crisis of legitimacy has taken root in Britain's key institutions. It does so by exploring the nature of crisis across a diverse range of institutions, assessing the accuracy of the 'crisis' label and crucially considers whether a set of shared underlying pathologies exist that has led to a point of collective crisis and the need for fundamental renewal. |
Illustrations: |
7 figures, 10 black & white tables |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |