The Death of Consensus

100 Years of British Political Nightmares

The Death of Consensus
Phil Tinline
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Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 472pg
23 Jun 2022 UK
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9781787386907
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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.
' At last, an original big history of British politics in the last 100 years. ' -- Sir Anthony Seldon, biographer of prime ministers and co-author of ' The Impossible Office? ' ' A fascinating exploration of how politicians come to think the unthinkable, "The Death of Consensus" is essential reading for our age of permacrisis. ' -- Helen Lewis, author of ' Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights' ' A much-needed, nuanced and compelling account. Tinline brilliantly challenges the way we view the past and inspires us to take a fresh look. ' -- Steve Richards, author of ' The Prime Ministers We Never Had' ' A bracing and highly accessible account of the three most shape-shifting phases in Britain' s modern political history. ' -- David Kynaston, author of ' Austerity Britain' ; ' Family Britain' ; and ' Modernity Britain'
Phil 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.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781787386907
Published: 23 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: C Hurst & Co Publishers
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Pages: 472

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