The Death of Consensus
The Death of Consensus
Summary
From the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear.
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The Death of Consensus by Phil Tinline
From the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear. Over Britain’s first century of mass democracy, politics has lurched from crisis to crisis. How does this history of political agony illuminate our current age of upheaval? To find out, journalist Phil Tinline takes us back to two past eras when the ruling consensus broke down, and the future filled with ominous possibilities – until, finally, a new settlement was born. How did the Great Depression’s spectres of fascism, bombing and mass unemployment force politicians to think the unthinkable, and pave the way to post-war Britain? How was Thatcher’s road to victory made possible by a decade of nightmares: of hyperinflation, military coups and communist dictatorship? And why, since the Crash in 2008, have new political threats and divisions forced us to change course once again? Tinline brings to life those times, past and present, when the great compromise holding democracy together has come apart; when the political class has been forced to make a choice of nightmares. This lively, original account of panic and chaos reveals how apparent catastrophes can clear the path to a new era. The Death of Consensus will make you see British democracy differently.The Times Politics Book of The Year 2022
A Morning Star Best Book of 2022
'Stylishly written … In the age of Brexit and “post-liberalism”, The Death of Consensus has much to communicate about how Britain has successfully navigated past moments of unnerving shift'
-- The Church TimesPhil Tinline works for BBC Radio; he has made and presented many acclaimed documentaries about how political history shapes our lives. Formerly executive producer of Radio 4's award-winning investigative history series, Document, he has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph, BBC History Magazine and the New Statesman.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781787386907 |
| ISBN 10 | 1787386902 |
| Title | The Death of Consensus |
| Author | Phil Tinline |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2022-06-23 |
| Number of pages | 440 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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