TY - JOUR
T1 - Two Cheers for Richards and Smith
T2 - Beyond Anti-Politics?
AU - MARSH, David
AU - Vines, Emma
AU - Halupka, Max
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors 2016. The Political Quarterly © The Political Quarterly Publishing Co. Ltd. 2016 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - In a recent issue of The Political Quarterly, Richards and Smith critiqued Flinders’ work on anti-politics, suggesting that there needs to be much more focus on supply-side explanations and recognising that much of the problem lies with politicians, contra Flinders. Here, we argue instead that it is crucial to recognise how supply-side and demand side explanations interact. For us, politicians need to be more responsive to citizens, but, at the same time, citizens need to recognise problems of contemporary governing. Overall, much is changing in the way in which citizens engage and it is crucial that these changes are understood.
AB - In a recent issue of The Political Quarterly, Richards and Smith critiqued Flinders’ work on anti-politics, suggesting that there needs to be much more focus on supply-side explanations and recognising that much of the problem lies with politicians, contra Flinders. Here, we argue instead that it is crucial to recognise how supply-side and demand side explanations interact. For us, politicians need to be more responsive to citizens, but, at the same time, citizens need to recognise problems of contemporary governing. Overall, much is changing in the way in which citizens engage and it is crucial that these changes are understood.
KW - anti-politics
KW - political participation
KW - social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84971246286&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-923X.12247
DO - 10.1111/1467-923X.12247
M3 - Article
VL - 87
SP - 383
EP - 388
JO - The Political Quarterly
JF - The Political Quarterly
SN - 0032-3179
IS - 3
ER -