{"product_id":"post-democracy-by-colin-crouch-9780745633152","title":"Post-Democracy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePost-Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e is a polemical work that goes beyond current complaints about the failings of our democracy and explores the deeper social and economic forces that account for the current malaise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColin Crouch argues that the decline of those social classes which had made possible an active and critical mass politics has combined with the rise of global capitalism to produce a self-referential political class. This class is more concerned with forging links with wealthy business interests than with pursuing political programmes which meet the concerns of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe shows how, in some respects, politics at the dawn of the twenty-first century returns us to a world familiar well before the start of the twentieth, when politics was a game played among elites. However, Crouch maintains that the experience of the twentieth century remains salient and reminds us of possibilities for the revival of politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis engaging book will prove challenging to all those who claim that advanced societies have reached a virtual best of all possible democratic worlds, and will be compelling reading for anyone interested in the shape of twenty-first-century politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50519518839020,"sku":"9780745633152","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780745633152-post-democracy-1.jpg?v=1790160762","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/post-democracy-by-colin-crouch-9780745633152","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}