Corbyn
Subtitle: The Crisis of British Politics
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781784785314
Subjects: Great britain, politics and government, 20th century; Labour party (great britain)
Description: "Where did he come from, and what chance does he have? This book tells the story of how Corbyn's rise was made possible by the long decline of Labour and a deep crisis of British democracy. It surveys the makeshift coalition of trade unionists, young and precarious workers, and students, who rallied to Corbyn. It shows how a novel social media campaign turned the media's 'Project Fear' on its head, making a virtue of every accusation they threw at him. And finally it asks, with all the artillery that is still ranged against Corbyn, and given the crisis-ridden Labour Party that he has inherited, what it would mean for him to succeed"--