The Politics of Expertise: How NGOs Shaped Modern Britain

by James McKay, Matthew Hilton, N.J. Crowson

The Politics of Expertise offers a challenging new interpretation of politics in contemporary Britain, through an examination of non-governmental organisations. Using specific case studies of the homelessness, environment, and international aid and development sectors, it demonstrates how politics and political activism has changed over the last half century.

NGOs have contributed enormously to a professionalization and a privatization of politics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199691878
• ISBN13: 9780199691876
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"