{"product_id":"9781787386907-death-of-consensus","title":"The Death of Consensus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100 Years of British Political Nightmares\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the Great Depression to the pandemic, a new history of British democracy, revealing how politics is transformed through fear. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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, 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003cem\u003eThe Death of Consensus\u003c\/em\u003e will make you see British democracy differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945607311457,"sku":"9781787386907","price":23.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28064722.jpg?v=1722324810","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787386907-death-of-consensus","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}