Good Chaps: How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It

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Simon Kuper

Good Chaps

How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It

Simon Kuper

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English

Profile Books Ltd
13 June 2024

Political science & theory; Political leaders & leadership; Political corruption; Political economy; Government powers

The 'Good Chaps' theory holds that those who rise to power in the UK can be trusted to follow the rules and do the right thing. They're good chaps, after all. Yet Britain appears to have been taken over by bad chaps, and politics is awash with financial scandals, donors who have practically bought shares in political parties, and a shameless contempt for the rules.

Simon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller Chums, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?

By: Simon Kuper
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9781805221227
ISBN 10: 1805221221
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 June 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Kuper is an author and Financial Times journalist, born in Uganda and raised around the world. An Oxford graduate, he later attended Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar. He has written for the Observer, The Times and Guardian, and is also the author of Chums, Impossible City and The Happy Traitor.

Reviews for Good Chaps: How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It

Praise for Chums: 'Brilliant ... traces Brexit back to the debating chambers of the Oxford Union in the 1980s -- James O'Brien A searing onslaught on the smirking Oxford insinuation that politics is all just a game. It isn't. It matters -- Matthew Parris A sparkling firework of a book -- Lynn Barber * Spectator * Exquisite and depressing in equal measure -- Matthew Syed * Sunday Times *