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Book SynopsisSince culture is the mediator between the individual and society, it is not surprising that it is a crucial part of politics. This book presents a series of differing inflections of the relationship between politics and culture.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Cultural capitalism: cultural politics/political culture; in defence of discourse analysis; looking backwards and forwards at cultural studies; Clintonism - the phantom menace; determined dissent - John Milton and the future of political culture; of systems and networks - digital regeneration and the pragmatics of postmodern knowledge; no borders in business - the management discourse of organizational holism. Part 2 The politics of New Labour: truth and appearance in politics - the mythology of spin; New Labour - the culture of government and the government of culture; creative accounting - consumer culture, the "creative economy" and the cultural policies of New Labour; beyond the hegemony of New Labour.
