Front matter
British Politics on Screen, Stage and Page, from Anthony Trollope to The Thick of It
Steven Fielding
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii Introduction: Depicting Democracy 1 1 Parliament Worship 27 2 Disappointing Democracy 57 3 The People’s War and After 83 4 Imagining the Post-War Consensus 107 5 The Established Order Undermined 131 6 The Televised Crisis 157 7 Yes, Conspirator 187 8 Still No Job for a Lady 215 9 A Thick Ending 239 Epilogue: What Would Plato Say? 271 Bibliography 273
Acknowledgements
A State of Play has taken far longer to complete than I anticipated, partly because in my ignorance I did not appreciate how many relevant works of fiction there were. As a consequence I have sadly forgotten most of the people who helped me identify a substantial number of the texts cited in the book - and the many more I did not have the space to discuss. I thank all such hidden helpers. A few characters nonetheless do come to mind, in particular colleagues Chris Burgess, Phil Cowley, Matthew Francis, Sara Motta and Lucy Sargisson. I should also thank Jane Ashley, who produced my Radio 4 documentaries Dramatising New Labour (first broadcast 17 July 2010) and Very British Dystopias (first broadcast 15 June 2013) and proved invaluable in helping me think through how to approach the subject in an accessible way. Those third-year Nottingham Politics students who enrolled on my Fictionalised Politics module provided a similar service. Alison Pearson suggested the title for the book. Mark Wickham-Jones supplied sound comments on Chapter Six.
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