{"product_id":"the-death-of-consensus-by-phil-tinline-9781787386907","title":"The Death of Consensus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy reveals how politics is transformed through fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo 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, paving 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTinline 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Consensus\u003c\/i\u003e will make you see British democracy differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487586173164,"sku":"9781787386907","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a46928d3fb5c949e6d17e0b2a755d8da.jpg?v=1775773300","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-death-of-consensus-by-phil-tinline-9781787386907","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}