The Political Animal: An Anatomy - Hardcover

Paxman, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718144228 ISBN 13: 9780718144227

Verlag: Michael Joseph, 2002

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Críticas:

What does it take to become a truly 'political animal' - and why would anyone strive to become one, given the low opinion which we have, sooner or later, of almost all politicians? Paxman is not known for lacking cynicism concerning the ways and motives of the contemporary breed - but in this overview he presents what is billed as a 'witty, unsparing, but essentially sympathetic portrait of modern politicians and the strange world they inhabit'. The text is under wraps because of serialisation - but this promises to be a highly readable and lively take on those currently and recently purveying our brand of democracy, or the 'least bad form of government'.

Reseña del editor:

The new bestseller from the author of The English. Whatever may be wrong with it, democracy is the least bad form of government we can imagine. It always starts so promisingly. There is something so exhilarating about that moment in the tatty old polling booth, as you make your 'X'. And it always ends in disillusionment. Even the most apparently popular government will eventually fall. What is it about the business of politics which turns hope, vision and ambition to despair? Jeremy Paxman proposes to find out.

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• Verlag: Michael Joseph
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0718144228
• ISBN 13: 9780718144227
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352