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Good Chaps

How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It
By Simon Kuper
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At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy Rory Stewart An intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative ...... Read More
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From the bestselling author of Chums, a powerful analysis of how corruption shapes British politics

From the bestselling author of Chums, a powerful analysis of how corruption shapes British politics

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At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy Rory Stewart

An intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative ... how the Good Chaps get away with it New Statesman

The 'Good Chaps' theory holds that those who rise to power in the UK can be trusted to follow the rules and do the right thing. They're good chaps, after all. Yet Britain appears to have been taken over by bad chaps, and politics is awash with financial scandals, donors who have practically bought shares in political parties, and a shameless contempt for the rules.

Simon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Chums, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805221227

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Profile Books Ltd

Edition: Main

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 224

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About the Author

Simon Kuper is an author and Financial Times journalist, born in Uganda and raised around the world. An Oxford graduate, he later attended Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar. He has written for the Observer, The Times and Guardian, and is also the author of Chums, Impossible City and The Happy Traitor.

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