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dc.contributor.authorBoswell, John
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, Jack
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-05T03:14:15Z
dc.date.available2017-06-05T03:14:15Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1350-1763
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13501763.2015.1010561
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/101446
dc.description.abstractDisenchantment with politics appears to be proliferating throughout contemporary liberal democracies, as outlined in the growing literature on anti-politics. Overwhelmingly, this literature has focused on the disaffection citizens express towards the policy process. Here, using policy-making on the issue of obesity in Australia and Britain as a case study, we show that disenchantment is not limited to citizen outsiders; the élite policy actors at the core of the process are cynical, too. Indeed, we unveil an élite cast of ‘stoic democrats’ who see little reward for their continual efforts. We also point to the limits of stoicism highlighted by this ‘extreme’ case, as some élites begin to challenge the legitimacy of formal policy processes, subvert their norms, or ignore them altogether, all in search of more direct impact. We conclude that the literature on anti-politics would benefit from paying greater attention to the potential challenge élite cynicism presents to democratic governance.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1388
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1405
dc.relation.ispartofissue10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of European Public Policy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume22
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical theory and political philosophy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440811
dc.titleStoic Democrats? Anti-politics, élite cynicism and the policy process
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of European Public Policy on 23 Feb 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2015.1010561
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gro.griffith.authorCorbett, Jack


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