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Sacred Cows and Common Sense

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Sacred Cows and Common Sense

By Tim Bale

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About the book

First published in 1999, this volume is based on interviews and research from previously unavailable party, state and private archives, this insightful volume reflects on the interaction between institutional structure and world-view that we call political culture. Using Labour's post-war welfare policy, this informative study makes three key points:The need to break down distinctions between the `symbolic' and the `substantial' in politics.The potential of `Grid-Group' or `Cultural' Theory as a...Show more

Politics and government

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9781138350922

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published year

2019

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1

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Sacred Cows and Common Sense

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Hardcover

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