{"product_id":"good-chaps-by-simon-kuper-9781805221227","title":"Good Chaps","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAt a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope that we can build a better democracy\u003c\/em\u003e Rory Stewart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn intelligible, compelling and enraging narrative ... how the Good Chaps get away with it\u003c\/em\u003e New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe '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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Kuper, author of the Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller \u003cem\u003eChums\u003c\/em\u003e, exposes how corruption took control of public life, and asks: how can we get politicians to behave like good chaps again?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833066017004,"sku":"9781805221227","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20226573482830.jpg?v=1758434069","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/good-chaps-by-simon-kuper-9781805221227","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}