The Establishment: And how they get away with it: Penguin Paperback Non-Fiction
Autor Owen Jonesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 2015
'Fantastic, timely, eye-opening' Armando Iannucci,New Statesman, Books of the Year
'Captures a collective sense of anger and awakening' Matt Haig,Observer, Books of the Year
Behind our democracy lurks a powerful but unaccountable network of people who wield massive power and reap huge profits in the process. In exposing this shadowy and complex system that dominates our lives, Owen Jones sets out on a journey into the heart of our Establishment, from the lobbies of Westminster to the newsrooms, boardrooms and trading rooms of Fleet Street and the City. Exposing the revolving doors that link these worlds, and the vested interests that bind them together, Jones shows how, in claiming to work on our behalf, the people at the top are doing precisely the opposite. In fact, they represent the biggest threat to our democracy today - and it is time they were challenged.
'A book of revelations ... The Establishment have stitched it up - stitchedyouup - and they know it' Danny Dorling,Times Higher Education Supplement
'A dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book' Philip Pullman
'Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times' David Kynaston,The Times Literary Supplement
'You will be enlightened and angry' Irvine Welsh
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141974996
ISBN-10: 0141974990
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Penguin Paperback Non-Fiction
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141974990
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Seria Penguin Paperback Non-Fiction
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Owen
Jones
was
born
in
Sheffield,
grew
up
in
Stockport
and
studied
history
at
Oxford.
His
first
book,
the
international
bestsellerChavs,
was
long-listed
for
theGuardianFirst
Book
Award
and
chosen
as
one
of
theNew
York
Timestop
10
non-fiction
books
of
2011.
In
2013
he
won
Young
Writer
of
the
Year
at
the
Political
Book
Awards.
His
second
book
is
the
bestsellingThe
Establishment:
and
How
They
Get
Away
With
It,
an
exposé
of
Britain's
powerful
elites.
He
is
a
columnist
for
theGuardianand
a
frequent
broadcaster.
Recenzii
An
eye-opening
state-of-the-nation
book.
I'll never look at UK class politics in the same way after Owen Jones's bracing and principledThe Establishment
I am delighted to see social class storm its way back into our contemporary history: Owen Jones'sThe Establishmentoffers a well-documented as well as searing critique of the groupthink that binds together our rulers
Owen Jones may have the face of a baby and the voice of George Formby but he is our generation's Orwell and we must cherish him
This is the most important book on the real politics of the UK in my lifetime, and the only one you will ever need to read. You will be enlightened and angry
Owen Jones displays a powerful combination of cool analysis and fiery anger in this dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book
Thorough and admirably vivid ... he is excellent on how the state has become a creature of capital, controlled by the corporate sector. As Jones shows, British capitalism is highly dependent on state largesse and rich corporations are the biggest scroungers of all
Powerful . . . The book's great strength lies in the simple power of accumulation. Again and again, Jones connects the dots in parallel lines, so that the single examples that might in themselves be dismissed as circumstantial or overblown become more or less unanswerable . . . He is a writer of real rhetorical force
A passionate account of political and economic injustice
A book of revelations... The last time the British Establishment was so intertwined, so arrogant and so powerful was a century ago, and the last democratic revolution that redistributed wealth took a lifetime to play out
An important book ... a systematic critique of the various political, corporate and economic institutions that seek to consolidate the interests of the few at the expense of the many ... Jones has the establishment clutching at their little golden straws ... It is not an easy road, Jones argues, but if we show strength and solidarity - perhaps adding a little common sense - we can reinstate true democracy and thus prioritize the needs of the many
The breadth of Jones' research is impressive ... the chapter on the recent history of ideas is fascinating ... the sections on corporate tax-avoidance, the lobbying industry and the sell-off of the NHS ought to have genuine British taxpayers spitting with rage. Jones ultimately sees his Establishment not as the guardians of British values but as a threat to them
In many respects, Owen Jones is the best thing to happen to the non-compromised, non-New Labour left in the mainstream media in decades ... On the post-1979 'establishment' Jones is very strong indeed
Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times ... He asks some familiar questions, but with a compelling urgency ... he is systematically interested in the underlying mentality, and not just the behaviour, of his subjects, giving his study a refreshing and crucial extra dimension
I'll never look at UK class politics in the same way after Owen Jones's bracing and principledThe Establishment
I am delighted to see social class storm its way back into our contemporary history: Owen Jones'sThe Establishmentoffers a well-documented as well as searing critique of the groupthink that binds together our rulers
Owen Jones may have the face of a baby and the voice of George Formby but he is our generation's Orwell and we must cherish him
This is the most important book on the real politics of the UK in my lifetime, and the only one you will ever need to read. You will be enlightened and angry
Owen Jones displays a powerful combination of cool analysis and fiery anger in this dissection of the profoundly and sickeningly corrupt state that is present-day Britain. He is a fine writer, and this is a truly necessary book
Thorough and admirably vivid ... he is excellent on how the state has become a creature of capital, controlled by the corporate sector. As Jones shows, British capitalism is highly dependent on state largesse and rich corporations are the biggest scroungers of all
Powerful . . . The book's great strength lies in the simple power of accumulation. Again and again, Jones connects the dots in parallel lines, so that the single examples that might in themselves be dismissed as circumstantial or overblown become more or less unanswerable . . . He is a writer of real rhetorical force
A passionate account of political and economic injustice
A book of revelations... The last time the British Establishment was so intertwined, so arrogant and so powerful was a century ago, and the last democratic revolution that redistributed wealth took a lifetime to play out
An important book ... a systematic critique of the various political, corporate and economic institutions that seek to consolidate the interests of the few at the expense of the many ... Jones has the establishment clutching at their little golden straws ... It is not an easy road, Jones argues, but if we show strength and solidarity - perhaps adding a little common sense - we can reinstate true democracy and thus prioritize the needs of the many
The breadth of Jones' research is impressive ... the chapter on the recent history of ideas is fascinating ... the sections on corporate tax-avoidance, the lobbying industry and the sell-off of the NHS ought to have genuine British taxpayers spitting with rage. Jones ultimately sees his Establishment not as the guardians of British values but as a threat to them
In many respects, Owen Jones is the best thing to happen to the non-compromised, non-New Labour left in the mainstream media in decades ... On the post-1979 'establishment' Jones is very strong indeed
Owen Jones is a phenomenon of our times ... He asks some familiar questions, but with a compelling urgency ... he is systematically interested in the underlying mentality, and not just the behaviour, of his subjects, giving his study a refreshing and crucial extra dimension