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Institutional crisis in 21st century Britain

Richards, David, 1968- editor, Smith, Martin J. (Martin John), 1961- editor, Hay, Colin, 1968- editor

Overview

In the 21st Century, a perfect storm appears to have engulfed many of Britain's most important institutions. The list of those it has enveloped is extensive, but headline acts would include - the banking sector for malpractice, Parliament for its expenses scandal, the media for phone-hacking and the police for duplicity and corruption. It raises a fundamental question of whether there is an endemic and fundamental crisis in British political, economic and social institutions or instead simply a set of contingent events that have been discursively constructed and presented as a collective crisis. This volume offer the first major, wholesale consideration of the extent to which a crisis of legitimacy has taken root in Britain's key institutions. It does so by exploring the nature of crisis across a diverse range of institutions, assessing the accuracy of the 'crisis' label and crucially considers whether a set of shared underlying pathologies exist that has led to a point of collective crisis and the need for fundamental renewal.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Since 1997 / Public institutions Great Britain History 21st century. / Political science. / Public institutions. / Social history. / Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007. / Great Britain Politics and government 2007- / Great Britain Social conditions 21st century. / Great Britain.
• ISBN: 9781137334381, 113733438X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
DA589.7.I57 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE