The mess we're in : how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it

The mess we're in : how our politics went to hell and dragged us with it / Bernard Keane.

Crikey correspondent Bernard Keane explains capitalism, identity and Why Everything Is Awful.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keane, Bernard (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2018.
Subjects:
Political culture > Australia.
Politicians > Australia > Public opinion.
Neoliberalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Neoliberalism
Political culture
Politicians > Public opinion
Politics and government > Public opinion
Australia > Politics and government > Public opinion.
Australia
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Also by the author; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: SYMPTOMS OF CHAOS: A THEMATIC HISTORY OF 2016-2018; The death of trust; Fake populists; Fake news and denialism; Xenophobia and bigotry; Taking back control; Employment and economics; Alienating the customers; War on the young; Political failures; Malcolm Turnbull and the politics of disappointment; Rootin' for Putin; Political killing; The decline of civility; Revolt of the white men; Diagnosis; PART 2: NEOLIBERALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS; What is it?; The success of neoliberalism
  • All things being unequal: neoliberalism and inequalityIn theory: complexity and concentration; Swiss cheese or, Towards a competitive index of competitiveness indices; The robots are taking our jerbs; Individualism, identity and the neoliberal economics of self; W(h)ither the Left; Biographical note: accidental death of a neoliberal; Conclusion; PART 3: (UN)GOVERNMENT; The party's over; Of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation; Things fall apart: the corporations cannot hold; Learned helplessness and its lessons; The bureaucrats; Biographical note: Canberra, so white
  • Neoliberal tragedy: how Reform was ignored to deathAbbott, Trump and the role of conventions in government; The war on scrutiny; Terrorism and why it will never be defeated; Conclusion: interactions with neoliberalism; ENTR'ACTE THE AGES OF UNREASON; PART 4: THE INTERNET-WEAPON OF MASS DISRUPTION; No biggie, but the internet is changing your brain right now; Joining imagined communities; Dead set on disruption; Disintermediating the media; Surveillance; Biographical note: disillusion, delusion and intrusion; Conclusion: perfect storm; PART 5: REPAIRING THE PRECARIOUS CRUST; Solutions

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