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Why We Hate Politics

Colin Hay
TLDR
The domestic and international sources of political disenchantment are discussed in this paper. But the focus of the paper is on why we hate politics, and not the underlying causes of it.
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* Preface and Acknowledgements * Chapter 1 Political Disenchantment * Chapter 2 Politics, Participation and Politicisation * Chapter 3 The Domestic Sources of Depoliticisation * Chapter 4 The Global Sources of Depoliticisation * Chapter 5 Conclusion: Why Do We Hate Politics? * Bibliography * Index

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