Politicswasonceatermwithanarrayofbroadlypositiveconnotations,associatedwithpublicscrutiny,deliberationandaccountability.Yettodayitisanincreasinglydirtyword,typicallysynonymouswithduplicity,corruption,inefficiencyandundueinterferenceinmattersbothpublicandprivate.HowhasthiscometopassWhydowehatepoliticsandpoliticianssomuchHowpervasiveisthecontemporaryconditionofpoliticaldisaffectionAndwhatispoliticsanywayInthislivelyandoriginalwork,ColinHayprovidesaseriesofinnovativeandprovocativeanswerstothesequestions.Hebeginsbytracingtheoriginsanddevelopmentofthecurrentclimateofpoliticaldisenchantmentacrossabroadrangeofestablisheddemocracies.Farfromrevealingarisingtideofapathy,however,heshowsthatasignificantproportionofthosewhohavewithdrawnfromformalpoliticsareengagedinothermodesofpoliticalactivity.Hegoesontodevelopanddefendabroadandinclusiveconceptionofpoliticsandthepoliticalthatisfarlessformal,lessstate-centricandlessnarrowlygovernmentalthaninmostconventionalaccounts.Bydemonstratinghowourexpectationsofpoliticsandthepoliticalrealitieswewitnessareshapeddecisivelybytheassumptionsabouthumannaturethatweprojectontopoliticalactors,Hayprovidesapowerfulandhighlydistinctiveaccountofcontemporarypoliticaldisenchantment.AAWhyWeHatePoliticsAAwillbeessentialreadingforallthosetroubledbythecontemporarypoliticalconditionoftheestablisheddemocracies.

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