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082 _a320.941
100 1 _aSampson, Anthony
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aWho runs this place?
_b: the anatomy of Britain in the 21st century
_c/ Anthony Sampson
264 1 _aLondon :
_bJohn Murray,
_c2005
300 _axiv, 427 pages
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 373-3394) and index.
505 0 _aHouse of Commons : the will-o'-the-wisp
505 0 _aHouse of Lords : the pleasures of patronage
505 0 _aMonarchy : the fading fairyland
505 0 _aPolitical parties : the vanishing voters
505 0 _aTrades unions : the lost voices
505 0 _aPrime Minister : outside the building
505 0 _aCabinet : the broken buckle
505 0 _aWhitehall : the end of a profession
505 0 _aTreasury : government by stealth
505 0 _aDiplomats : democracy doesn't mix
505 0 _aSecret Service : security v. accountability
505 0 _aDefence : the cold monster
505 0 _aLawyers : guarding the guardians
505 0 _aAcademia : the retreat of the wise men
505 0 _aBroadcasters : controlling the uncontrollable
505 0 _aThe press : unelected legislators
505 0 _aBankers : ungentlemanly capitalism
505 0 _aBank of England : the vanishing eyebrows
505 0 _aPension funds : dreams and nightmares
505 0 _aPrivatised industries : people's capitalists?
505 0 _aCorporations : the abdication of the English
505 0 _aAccountants : who audits the auditors?
505 0 _aDirectors : the cats and the cream
505 0 _aThe new rich : final reckoning
505 0 _aWho runs this place?
650 _aPower (Social sciences)
_zGreat Britain
651 _aGreat Britain
_xPolitics and government
_y21st century
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
690 _aPolitics