The Mess We're in
Subtitle: How Our Politics Went to Hell and Dragged Us with It
By: Bernard Keane
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 25 July 2018
Place of publication: Crows Nest, NSW
Language: eng
Format: eBook
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781760636692
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Political culture; Politicians; Public opinion; Neoliberalism; Politics and government; Hommes politiques; Opinion publique; Néo-libéralisme; Politique et gouvernement; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Essays; Government; General; National; Reference
Description: Crikey correspondent Bernard Keane explains capitalism, identity and Why Everything Is Awful.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Also by the author; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Dedication; title: CONTENTS; title: INTRODUCTION; title: PART 1: SYMPTOMS OF CHAOS: A THEMATIC HISTORY OF 2016-2018; title: The death of trust; title: Fake populists; title: Fake news and denialism; title: Xenophobia and bigotry; title: Taking back control; title: Employment and economics; title: Alienating the customers; title: War on the young; title: Political failures; title: Malcolm Turnbull and the politics of disappointment; title: Rootin' for Putin; title: Political killing; title: The decline of civility; title: Revolt of the white men; title: Diagnosis; title: PART 2: NEOLIBERALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS; title: What is it?; title: The success of neoliberalism; title: All things being unequal: neoliberalism and inequality; title: In theory: complexity and concentration; title: Swiss cheese or, Towards a competitive index of competitiveness indices; title: The robots are taking our jerbs; title: Individualism, identity and the neoliberal economics of self; title: W(h)ither the Left; title: Biographical note: accidental death of a neoliberal; title: Conclusion; title: PART 3: (UN)GOVERNMENT; title: The party's over; title: Of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation; title: Things fall apart: the corporations cannot hold; title: Learned helplessness and its lessons; title: The bureaucrats; title: Biographical note: Canberra, so white; title: Neoliberal tragedy: how Reform was ignored to death; title: Abbott, Trump and the role of conventions in government; title: The war on scrutiny; title: Terrorism and why it will never be defeated; title: Conclusion: interactions with neoliberalism; title: ENTR'ACTE THE AGES OF UNREASON; title: PART 4: THE INTERNET-WEAPON OF MASS DISRUPTION; title: No biggie, but the internet is changing your brain right now; title: Joining imagined communities; title: Dead set on disruption; title: Disintermediating the media; title: Surveillance; title: Biographical note: disillusion, delusion and intrusion; title: Conclusion: perfect storm; title: PART 5: REPAIRING THE PRECARIOUS CRUST; title: Solutions; title: Vade in pace; title: ABOUT THE AUTHOR