This is Not Normal : The Collapse of Liberal Britain

Resumen del libro

Since 2016, the UK has been in a crisis of its own making: but this is not the fault of Brexit but of a larger problem of our politics. The status of political parties, the mainstream media, public experts and officials have all been disrupted. Along the way, there have been shocking and exhilarating events: the unforeseen 2017 election result, the horrific details of Grenfell Tower and the Windrush scandal, the sudden rise and fall of the Brexit Party.As the 'mainstream' of politics and media has come under attack, the basic norms of public life have been thrown into question.

This Is Not Normal takes stock of a historical moment that no longer recognises itself. Davies tells a story of the apparently chaotic and irrational events, and extracts their underlying logic and long-term causes. What we are seeing is the effects of the 2008 financial crash, the failure of the British neoliberal project, the dying of Empire, and the impact of the changes that technology and communications have had on the idea of the public sphere as well as the power of information.

This is an essential book for anyone who wants to make sense of this current moment.

Biografía del autor

William Davies is a sociologist and policy analyst. His writing has appeared in The New Left Review, Prospect, the Financial Times, Political Quarterly, the Daily Beast. He is an associate editor of Renewal and of openDemocracy. The BBC describes him as one of the UK's leading thinkers on e-democracy and he has appeared on radio often. His website www.potlatch.co.uk was featured in the New York Times Idea for the Day series. He is currently the assistant professor, University of Warwick. William Davies es autor de "The limits of Neoliberalism: Authority, Sovereignty and The Logic of Competition" (2014). Colabora en New Left Review, Prospect y Financial Times. Es profesor en Goldsmiths, University of London. Sociólogo, analista de economía y política.